The Ogun Candle, also known as an Oggun Orisha Candle, is a green-and-black 7-day style spiritual candle traditionally used for intentions connected with strength, protection, discipline, work, perseverance, and overcoming obstacles. Inspired by Ogun—the Orisha traditionally associated with iron, labor, action, and determined progress—this candle provides a focused point for prayer, offerings, and intentional spiritual work.

First cleanse. Then activate. Then direct your intention.

Ogun Candle Intention and Uses

This candle may be incorporated into personal prayer, an established spiritual practice, or a respectful Ogun offering when your intention is to:

• Strengthen courage, discipline, and determination
• Seek protection and steadiness during difficult circumstances
• Support work, labor, craftsmanship, and sustained effort
• Focus on overcoming obstacles and moving through resistance
• Prepare for demanding projects, responsibilities, or important goals

Choose One Candle or a Box of 12

• 1 Unit – $7.99: suitable for one personal ritual, prayer, offering, or focused intention.
• 1 Box / 12 Units – $79.99: ideal for spiritual practitioners, botanicas, repeated ritual work, or keeping a ready supply. The box price equals approximately $6.67 per candle.

What Is an Ogun Candle?

An Ogun candle is traditionally used to focus prayer and intention toward Ogun, the Orisha associated in Yoruba-derived traditions with iron, labor, strength, discipline, and the ability to cut through obstacles. Lighting the candle can serve as a visual point of focus for perseverance, protection, determined action, and steady progress.

Practices vary by lineage and spiritual tradition. Use this candle respectfully and according to the guidance of your own house or spiritual elder.

Ogun Candle Colors: Green and Black Meaning

• Green: traditionally associated in many Ogun devotional contexts with vitality, endurance, work, and forward growth.
• Black: commonly used as a visual symbol of protection, strength, seriousness, and the removal of unwanted obstacles.

Together, the green and black layers provide a strong visual focus for prayer centered on protection, discipline, resilience, and determined movement.

How to Use the Ogun Candle

1. Place the candle upright on a stable, heat-resistant surface away from drafts and flammable objects.
2. Cleanse yourself and the ritual space according to your tradition. You may use Omiero de Ogun as part of your cleansing practice.
3. State one clear intention: the obstacle you are working to overcome, the protection you are seeking, or the work that requires discipline and perseverance.
4. Light the candle and accompany it with your prayer, offering, or established spiritual practice.
5. Keep the work focused and consistent rather than changing intentions during the same candle.

Suggested Ogun Candle Prayer

“Ogun, strength of iron and disciplined action, give me the courage to face what stands before me. Protect my path, strengthen my hands, and help me move through obstacles with determination and respect.”

This is a suggested prayer, not a required formula. You may use a prayer from your own lineage or speak respectfully in your own words.

A Structured Ogun Ritual

1. Cleanse: Prepare yourself and the space with Omiero de Ogun or an appropriate spiritual cleansing bath.
2. Activate: Light the Ogun Candle while focusing on strength, protection, discipline, and steady progress.
3. Direct: State the obstacle, responsibility, or goal clearly and keep the work aligned with one intention.

When to Use This Ogun Candle

• When you need focus, courage, discipline, or perseverance
• Before demanding work, projects, responsibilities, or important goals
• When you feel resistance, blockage, or difficulty maintaining forward movement
• During protection, strengthening, and obstacle-clearing spiritual work
• As part of a respectful Ogun offering or devotional practice

Product Details

• Traditional 7-day style glass candle
• Green and black wax
• Available as 1 candle or a box of 12
• Traditionally associated with strength, protection, discipline, work, perseverance, and overcoming obstacles
• Crafted with intention by Botanica Online

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Important Candle Safety

Never leave a burning candle unattended. Keep away from children, pets, drafts, curtains, and flammable materials. Burn only on a stable, heat-resistant surface. Keep the wick trimmed to approximately 1/4 inch. Do not move the candle while it is lit or while the wax is liquid. Stop use if the glass is cracked, damaged, or excessively hot.

For spiritual and religious use. No specific result is guaranteed. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or replace professional medical, legal, financial, or mental-health advice.