Witches’ Breath

I have found an interesting approach to candle magic in the book Magical Hearth/ Home of the modern pagan/ by Janet Thompson page 38.

The usual way to extinguish a candle is by snuffing it out, but never blowing it out. Blowing it out is according to some views disrespectful to the element fire, but also blows away the wish or something like that? Hm, is that not the point of it???? OK, getting back to Janet Thompson view:

… Throughout the world, ancient tales talk of the Witches’ Breath. More predominant in old Gaelic folklore, the breath of witches or wise-women was said to have magical properties. She could heal a wound with her breath. She could breathe life into a new-born babe and take breath from the dying to ease their journey to the Summerlands.

The blowing out of a candle as opposed to the pinching of a candle is prefered by many Wiccans; I prefer breathing the candle out. When I blow a candle out I never fail to take that tiny yet golden opportunity to re-enforce whatever I am currently working on. I ask that the smoke from my candle mix with the power in the breath that gives me life, and that my intentions are lifted to the Goddess…

I have to admit that I find this approach a lot more comprehensible. The union of air and fire and in this case the life-giving breath. How can this be disrespectful to either element?