Flaming Idols are altar candles featuring inspiring figures of the LGBTQ community, created and handmade by Philadelphia artist and activist Robin Markle. 
 
Cynthia Erivo glass votive altar candle from Flaming Idols. Whether you're a recovering Catholic, a secular Jew, a satanist, a pagan, a witch – or some combination! - this altar candle will fill your queer spiritual needs.

Cynthia Erevo is a queer British actress and singer, best known for playing Elphaba in the film adaptations of the musical Wicked. She began stage acting at 11, and went on to play Celie on Broadway in The Color Purple, for which she won a Tony in 2016. In 2020 she was nominated for two Oscars for her role as Harriet Tubman in the film Harriet. In 2022 she publicly came out in a cover story for Vogue UK, saying, “Claiming my queerness in public has meant taking a risk in order to claim the freedom of being my full self.
 
You might light this candle and look to Cynthia for inspiration and guidance in: finding the vocabulary to name your experiences, dropping out of school to pursue a dream.

Candle is hand-poured with soy wax and burns for approximately 10 hours. Glass votives are 2.5in high and 2in wide at the base. Each votive is affixed with an opaque sticker with an image of a person and on the opposite side, a translucent sticker with biographical information about the person. Stickers are water-resistant.