Artefacts Return Candle

Note: This particular candle comes with encased plexi box suspended inside.

French, c. 1764

Ambergris, oakmoss, powdered tobacco, labdanum resin, muguet, suede, and honeybrush

"It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection." Here Voltaire playfully subverts the spiritual authority of the Roman Catholic Church by summoning the idea of reincarnation - a notion made fashionable in his time by the increasingly relevant philosophical heritage of Plato and the mystery schools of Ancient Greece. Imagine for a moment being a devout Catholic aristocrat residing at court, pondering questions of rebirth while looking into the limpid eyes of a newborn child.

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8 oz.