Okay, so, I've a question. First, I'll tell you the reason for the question. The first ice heard of matches vs lighters was in Silver RavenWolf's Teen Witch (a lot of people don't like her but I've yet to finish that book and move into another of hers. I also have samples of books from Scott Cunnigham on my iPhone cuz I wish to purchase them but have no money--don't judge) and the Cast family's House of Night series (which has some real info about magick and is written by a Cherokee woman and her daughter). In Teen Witch, Silver talks of how you should use lighters as matches have sulfur and other harmful chemicals that can bring negativity into your work. As far as sulfur goes, in medieval times, people hated sulfur so much they would say that big blocks of burning sulfur will come raining down from the sky during the apocalypse ("fire and brimstone"), and in the show Supernatural (which has some real, some fake, and some incorrect information), demons (large, black, smoky beings of evil and negativity that were once human) leave behind sulfur trails. In one of the first House of Night books, Zoey and her friends decided to use really long, wooden matches in their first ritual (later on I realized that this club thing of theirs was actually set up much like a coven) because they wanted to be more traditional. Angelfire (a website of helpful info about Wicca and such--to find it type in "angelfire triple moon symbol meaning" on google) mentions matches somewhere, other people prefer lighters, and some places on SoM it says to use wooden matches. I, personally, started out with matches, mostly Eco-friendly ones that I tend to horde now, because that was all I had and even my best friend uses matches because that's what's available. Now that I have a collection of disposable lighters (cheap ones that cans till be refilled though I would love to have a zippo), I use those because they are easier to work with. I have trouble lighting matches most the time, but I still keep tons of them in the nearly impossible likelihood that I run out of lighters anytime soon. Lighters to me are easier to use and matches are a one time use thing. So, my question is, matches or lighters? I know it's a lot like coke or Pepsi, mostly a personal preference thing, but I would like to here who uses what and why. Matches are traditional, but do they bring bad energies? Lighters are convenient, but do they veer too far off the traditional course? I would like thoughts, stories, experiences, you name it (excluding flirtatious remarks and phallic pictures). What do you use, why do you use it, and what do you recommend? Matches? Or lighters?