The Wish Collection
Reviewed March/April 2001
by Skye Alexander in 

NEW AGE RETAILER - Trade Magazine

"Make a wish, then light a stick of incense and let your request drift Upward to the heavens, borne on the rising, sweet-scented smoke.  Or light a candle, write your wish on a strip of paper, and place the paper in a wishing pot for safekeeping.  These simple rituals are two basic but powerful forms of magic that can be enhanced by the attractive accessories in Axicon's Wish Collection.

The collection includes a 4 1/2 by 3 1/2 inch ginger jar shaped wishing pot with lid, a 4 by 2 1/2 inch square candle pot with lid, 4 inch high and 2 inch high rounded candle pots, and a 2 by 3 inch candle bowl made of ceramic with either a crackly jade green or black glaze.  The covered pieces are decorated with kanji symbols (Japanese writing characters based on Chinese ideographs) for love and luck; bundles of bamboo threaded through their lids add a pleasing touch.  Sentences of sutras from the holy books of Buddhism grace the sides of the open candle pots.  Four different incense sets, each with either a ceramic or wood burner and packaged with coil or stick incense, complete the collection.  Mix-and-match designs look best when displayed together in a groUping of several different pieces.

I also like Axicon's new I Ching Collection of metal candleholders decorated with I Ching coins. The coins are attractive enough to be used as decorative ornaments in giftware and jewelry, as they are in this collection.  Candleholders are available in a variety of designs and sizes from a 2 by 3 inch candle in a square base hung with an I Ching coin to a 9 inch high stand adorned with three oversized coins that holds a ball candle.  My favorite piece in the collection in a curved Chinese screen with three tealight candles nestled behind a translucent sheet of glass.

Fashioned of black metal, these candleholders reflect the elegant simplicity of line that we associate with Asian art and calligraphy.  Unscented pillar candles are wrapped in a decorative paper sleeve printed with Chinese characters for deep meditation.  Matching picture frames complete the collection. Like the Wish Collection, this groUp looks best when several different items are displayed together."

Skye Alexander is the author of the award-winning astrological mystery Hidden Agenda, Planets in Signs, and Magical Astrology. She may be reached through Mojo Publishing at P.O. Box 7121, Gloucester, MA 01930, 978-281-5126.

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