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<pre>Dear all


Regarding the oil lamp. I am Greek Orthodox so olive lamps are in. We
have them in all our churches. I am sure if there is a Greek church near
you you can ask to have a look. regarding New Zealand, I did visit the
Greek churches in Wellington and PalmertsonNorth.

Alternatively you can make one yourself. This is my Grandmothers design,

Take a drinking glass
Fill 3/4 with tap water
Add olive oil - a little less than 1/4 so that oil is below the top of
the glass.
Get hold of some very thin metal - eg steel food can (Aluminium may
burn)
Press the metal flat and cut out a triangle -make some cork floats and
attatch at each corner. Jab a small hole in the middle.
make a wick with some string or cord - oil with the olive oil and pas
through the hole- make sure it is a snug fit.
Light the wick - if it works well the wikk turns to carbon above the
hole and the wick below feeds this carbonised tip with olive oil.
On our island Kastelorizzo my grandmother had a plant the produced a
biological form of this. Unfortunately I do not know the name of the
plant.

The lamp works well for several days. She used to use it as night light
as well as absorbing the holy powers.

Stan Kailis
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