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Unclear, though certificates on the walls congratulate her on her mastery of ear candling and reiki.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2015

His wife, when not mothering their five boys and three girls, spent grueling days standing at a local produce house as she examined poultry eggs under a light - what they call candling.

From Washington Times • Jun. 2, 2014

Sam Cruz, a 12-year IRS employee who works in candling, said he finds something left behind maybe two or three times for every thousand envelopes.

From Washington Post

The "ear debris" left in the candle's hollows, assumed by aficionados to be proof--however icky--that candling is doing its stuff, is nothing more than melted wax from the candle itself.

From Time Magazine Archive

The art of egg candling cannot be readily taught by worded description.

From The Dollar Hen by Hastings, Milo M. (Milo Milton)