It's better to be safe and sorry, but ToFL has been quite easy on me.

Now, I do have more than a decade of therapy under my belt, and a consistent meditation practice for half that time.

The main side effect possibility listed is activation of the energy body and kriyas. I do notice an uptick in that, but only because I've already been experiencing and dealing with them for several years.

Wear while meditating to reinforce energy boundaries, get blockages moving, and contemplate the nature of light.

Not bad for passive application either, but does not produce profound effects for that purpose.

Without wanting to undermine any of the very reasonable "caution" flags about how accessible this subset is, my personal experience has been that I find TOFL to be supremely wearable and grounding in terms of "facilitating more conscious dialogue between Spirit and Matter."

For context
1. my natal chart overwhelmingly emphasizes all things introspective / reflective / cathartic in general (angular scorpio moon conjoined stationing pluto! the only planet that isn't retrograde is fallen in the 8th! planets in dark houses abound! etc)
2. I also came to this subset with multiple decades of inner work / processing already under my feet, so the below review is not to suggest that my experience would be typical for anyone else.

That said, I applied first with caution (followed the visualization exercise to the letter on at least 3 different occasions before I trusted myself to introduce as needed), but quickly came to realize how helpful my constantly over-stimulated nervous system finds the materia and now apply much more liberally. I'm an AuDHDer with CPTSD and multiple health challenges, and I've had a lifelong theme of not knowing how to be in or process the absolutely insane amount of information my body is constantly throwing my brain's way.

When I engage with TOFL, I feel immediately grounded in my body in a unique way, which I can only describe as "sitting at the bottom of a swimming pool while the world goes by." That image might not do anything for anyone but me, but as a hypermobile person with sensory processing issues, any sensory experiences that remind me of being underwater tend to be extremely positive because the water pressure provides skeletal support that no amount of compression wear can replicate. It also makes sunlight feel cooler and less blinding, like I've been given a liminal safe haven to observe the world and myself in before having to Do Something About any of it.

I also love the scent, which I experience as very rich and chocolately. Of course, it's also been amazingly helpful for tough therapy sessions, getting some journaling done, or other more "typical" uses, but I've found it to be much more versatile and friendly to my constitution than the write-up initially suggested, so if you feel a similar pull to it I'd definitely take the plunge (while still going slowly and respectfully with initial engagements of course)! Highly recommend and couldn't be more grateful to Madame Coppock and the whole S+ team for such incredible and beneficial magic

I ordered both the oil and the incense, the latter has not arrived yet, but there is something about the oil, in fact it feels moist, as mentioned in another review. It is not for daily use or at least not passively, that is definitive and the sensations it provokes vary quite a bit.

The Torch of First Light has been a welcome companion to all the emotional and personal work around closing out an old year and making way for a new one. Pairing it with other materia, Torch has been invaluable around aspects of desire work as well as teasing out hidden triggers and shadows of other kinds of healing work.

This oil has been both gentle and nourishing as well as angst provoking, I was really going through it when the series debuted and felt like it was already starting its work. The feeling reminded me of the Luna in Cancer initiation and exorcism cycle, but with the lights on when going into the basement. It was also super supportive to have main series materia to lighten the load. Another feeling I get with Torch is that it's running a field of Venus-Innana work, maybe it's the Venus-Regulus connection. I would recommend, but make sure you have the time and space for it, especially in the initial stages.

Think story-time of the self with Frodo’s Vial of Galadriel with the light of the Silver Wood coupled with Sam sitting there dreaming of Oliphants with his box of seeds from Galadriel… but, like, you aren’t giving the Mordor marathon a run. You’re safe in Gondor at some table of kings who know how to hire a good bard to sing your story right with all the best lines you wrote put together back to you. Yeah. It’s dark, and there are many hands to play stories on the cave wall—chronological time may not be a concept either, but fearie lights are really darling. So yeah, dark, but darling. Can’t wait to hear the laughter from your perfect bonfire once you’ve got your round table going.

Personal note: sound turned down to that chill you get in the forest quiet. It made my tinnitus soft.

My experience here may not be typical, as I have a highly introspective nature and a familiarity with melancholia, as well as an exalted sun/moon in my natal chart. But I found this oil to be nurturing/comforting, and it was a good facilitator for working with the pure solar energy in the main series (Regulus worked well for this too).

This oil doesn’t feel hard to wear at all, and I really enjoy the introspective nature. Even the act of putting this on brings up guilt about applying it at all, because I’ll need to take time away from my partner and my responsibilities to tend to myself - which is exactly what I need to address. Guilt in tending to myself. Magic.

I think my experience with this subseries may vary from others, because I had been on a self-improvement journey for years before engaging with this oil. I use this oil as recommended, and engage in meditation while wearing it. It feels like a literal spotlight wanders from one body part or energy center to the next begging for examination and introspection. My first session was somewhat confusing yet healing, confirming and full of gratitude. I found it extremely helpful to listen to a sun mantra during the meditation session.

First, it feels very “moist” for Sol materia. Definitely no sunburn. Second, and most importantly, it takes me places I knew existed but had not either looked in a long time, or never looked. First thought: nobody has ever asked me how I felt in this particular place and if I’m ok. We spend SO much energy avoiding uncomfortable feelings. (When in fact they go away faster if we just feel through them.) This oil does just that - it’s like I have a witness and a guide who is wiser than all the therapists in the world. I can calmly sit and feel my way through with the aid of this “narrator within”. But this materia doesn’t only hold me, it gets to the root of the issues. I can just sit there and feel, witness, mourn and as they say; truly get in touch with myself. Incredibly powerful, introspective, gentle but intense. I’ve only begun the journey but I am impressed indeed, and looking forward to exploring more.