FIRE WALK WITH ME: The Tutelage of Fire under Candelo Cedifie. November 4, 2026.
Candelo Cedifé smiles as a Salamander Fire Elemental dances within the burning bowl of his pipe—a symbolic image accompanying Kevin Wikse’s writings on Fire Element cultivation, occult practice, and Dominican Vodou. We are nearly two months away from the November 4 feast day of Saint Charles Borromeo and Candelo Cedifie, and the end of October and beginning of November will also bring us into our annual Ghede work. Like Kousen Azaka before him, Candelo Cedifie has expressed his desire to empower our Temple practice and infuse his energy into its foundational framework. Candelo Cedifie is a master of Fire. As part of the coming work, Candelo has said that he will take our individual Fire Elementals under his tutelage, training and refining them into exceptional beings of flame. Through this relationship, their nature, intelligence, power, and capacity will be cultivated, permanently elevating their status in the eyes of King Djinn and within the greater hierarchy of the Elemental ...