In The Wizards' Journal #4, there is an e-Book showing how to make a self-lighting candle that requires you to push a button or work an on-off switch to light a candle electrically. Jolyon Jenkins takes the concept a step further and provides detailed plans to build a radio control receiver into a pillar candle and link it to a keychain transmitter so you can light the candle remotely. So really, it is a Self-Contained Self-Lighting Radio-Controlled Candle. Now that's spooky!

Note: This is an e-Book of instructions for building the effect, and not the actual prop itself. You make the device following photos and instructions and get the parts from sources suggested by the author. Total cost in British pounds was a little less than ?20 which is a little less than $32.00 in US Dollars (2011 values).

The video shows the actual candle and how it lights itself by pushing the button of a radio controlled transmitter. This can be used for seances, haunted houses, ghost hunts, Sefalaljia, or Wizard Magic.

This project is good for beginners to electronic magic, or Magi-tronics as we like to call it. For a more advanced Self Lighting candle that can relight itself as often as you wish without resetting it, see Jenkins' Relightable Candle HERE.

Note: This is an e-Book of instructions for building the effect, and not the actual prop itself. You make the device following photos and instructions and get the parts from sources suggested by the author. The purchase of any of these e-Books entitles you to construct one item for your own personal use. If you are interested in acquiring a manufacturing licence please contact the author via the Magic Nook. Copying and resale of any e-Book is prohibited by International Copyright law.