Candle magic

I was at my friends house recently and she was telling me about what she says when she performs candle magic. I have started saying this when I do my abundance spell (I have not been that good at doing it ever night, but I will be good from now on)

As she lights the candle she says the following three times (one each for the maiden, mother and crone)

The candle
The taper
The wick
The flame
The ribbons of magic
Unfurl again
The words
The sound
The will
The spell
To know
To dare
And not to tell

After that she then adds:

As above
As below
May it harm none
So mote it be.

The reason why you do not tell people when you perform candle magic is to protect the spell. If you tell someone they could be negative about what you have done (or even sarcastic) and that could break the effects of the spell that you have cast.