White Tea Light Candles, Set of 50 — 2 Hour Unscented Ritual Tea Lights

Quick Specs

• Type: Tea light candles, each in its own metal cup
• Color: White
• Pack: 50 tea lights
• Burn time: Over 2 hours
• Height: 0.5 inch
• Scent: Unscented

Fifty White Tea Lights, the Candle for Any Purpose

White is the plainest of the tea light colors, and that is its strength. Each candle here is a bright white disc of wax with a pale wick, resting in a thin metal cup. The wax is white and unscented, so the purpose comes entirely from you. That’s why white is the tea light to keep on hand: it can open a reading, mark a quiet evening, light a table for guests or stand in for any other color. A burn of over 2 hours fits each of those, and white can sit on a bookshelf altar or a dinner table. The count suits a regular practice, a home with several altars or a circle where everyone lights a flame of their own. White wax also reflects the colors near it, so set beside a green plant, a red cloth or a blue glass bowl, the candle blends with the room. Set on a heat-safe tray, a row of them kept at least three inches apart gives clean, even light. A box of white is the one that covers the gaps in everything else you own.

In candle guides white stands for purity, peace, innocence, clarity and illumination, with cleansing, new beginnings and blessing close behind, and some lists add protection. Several authors add connection with ancestors and the spirits of the departed, and modern chakra charts commonly give white, along with violet, to the crown. Its other role is more practical: guides name white as the universal substitute, usable in place of any color a working might need. One author reasons that white light is the blend of all the colors in the spectrum, so white can stand for all of them, and adds that witches a century ago didn’t have shelves of colored candles either. As ever, the lists differ, so read them as starting points. If you want to begin with a single color and learn from there, white is a sensible start: it answers to your stated purpose, and the meanings in the guides give you something to test it against. You can add specific colors later as your own patterns emerge.

Practical Ritual Applications

Use white when the working is general or the right color is missing. Light one at the start of a reading or ritual to mark the opening, and put it out at the end to mark the close. For a fresh start, light one when you move into a new home, begin a project or turn a calendar page, and say aloud what you’re beginning. To clear a table before a working, set a single tea light in its holder in the middle of the bare table, tidy everything else around it, and begin only once the flame is steady. For remembrance, light one for a person you want to keep in mind and place a photograph a foot back. In a circle, each person lights one in turn, and the flames sit together on a single tray. When it’s time to put them out, my snuffers and accessories collection has the tools.

How to Use a White Tea Light as a Stand-In for Another Color

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I stock white as the box to reach for first, because it serves nearly every purpose and doubles as the stand-in when another color runs out. Fifty tea lights covers daily use and the occasional gathering, and the cups make each one ready to light. The wax is plain white and the wick is short, so a row of them looks tidy on any cloth, tray or shelf, whatever else is on the altar. If a working needs a longer burn than a tea light gives, my pillar candles collection has candles made to burn well past two hours.

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