Since I did not want to necro the original post t to ask this question, I was wondering, for the second challenge where you burn the symbols and a piece of you hair in the flame of the black candle, can I just use a electric candle and visualize the flame consuming it? Because I can’t use real candles.
In theory, it’s possible, but my feeling for this working is you might got get what you want. The fire is a gate at takes the essence of the offering the other side. A better substitute gate might be water…? - e.g. try using a cup of water, enchant it as a gate to spirit and drop the hair in that during ritual.
Fill yourself with whatever energy you want, imprint it with your intention, Will it to flow from you into the object you are consecrating, and seal it in through a simple “It is done.”