Tessa Thompson 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.

Tessa Thompson is an LGBTQ actress and sometimes singer whose breakout role was SNCC organizer Diance Nash in Selma. She is best known for her roles as Bianca Taylor in the Creed film franchise and Valkyrie in the Thor movies. Tessa is outspoken about social justice issues. “I don’t think any artist necessarily has a responsibility to try being an agent of change,” she says, “But, for me, it’s always been something that feels compelling. And if there’s a risk in speaking up, it’s always felt worth it. I’m just continuing to try to learn how to show up in those spaces and to pass the mic to folks who know a lot more than me.”

You might light this candle and look to Tessa for inspiration and guidance in: exploring a variety of roles, keeping your romantic life private, being an agent of change

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.