Candles are symbols of many things — death, birth, romance. But one other symbol, that of sacrifice, always bothered me. When I stare into the flame twirling on the tip of the wick, it blooms ...

Julian F. Pas, SYMBOLISM OF THE NEW LIGHT: Further researches into Taoist Liturgy: suggested by a comparison between the Taoist Fen-Teng 分燈 Ritual and the Christian Consecration of the Easter Candle, ...