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Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 8:23 am
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 8:04 pm
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Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 12:04 pm
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Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 8:37 pm
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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 2:29 pm
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Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 4:40 pm
Swords Magic swords have historically played a role in Chinese, Japanese, Jewish, and Persian magical traditions. They remain popular in East Asian magic, High Ceremonial Magic, and modern Wicca.
Magic swords may be actual functional swords complete with sharp blades or ceremonial replicas. Swords invoke primal metal magic although wooden swords also exist, particularly in East Asia. Swords are powerfully associated with the primordial magic traditions of metal-working.
Swords radiate masculine energy; the scabbard is its feminine partner. Swords are most commonly associated with the element air, however this is controversial; some also identify swords with fire. Swords do not fit neatly into elemental categories being the product of all elements. The raw material for swords is dug from Earth and the process of crafting a sword involves the interplay of air, fire, and water.
Crafting swords was a secret, magical operation. Spell-casting and spiritual invocation was once involved in the creation of powerful magic sword (and in some cases it still is). Rumors periodically circulated that blood sacrifice, including human sacrifice, was required to forge magic swords. Vestiges of these legends survive in Japanese mythology.
Swords may be engraved with runes, sigils, Names of Power, Kabalistic inscriptions or other magical embellishments. They are used for casting circles and for various magical practices including protection spells, exorcisms, spirit-summoning, and banishing spells. Swords are among the four tarot suits, corresponding to the playing card suit of Spades.
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Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 1:06 pm
Tripod No, not a camera tripod: this tripod is based on ritual equipment from the Oracle of Delphi. The Pythoness at Delphi sat atop a tripod, a high three-legged stool overlooking a steaming chasm that allegedly inspired psychic vision in order to deliver her prophesies. The key to the tripod is the three legs.
Early Greek altars were sometimes placed on a tripod. The most common modern tripod is essentially a cauldron standing on three legs (see cauldron).
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:12 pm
Wands It is crucial to recall that a magic wand is but a tool. Magic power ultimately derives from the person who wields that tool. The wand serves to enhance and direct that power but never substitutes for it.
Wands rival brooms for the title of tool most associated with magic and witchcraft. It is important to note that, as with brooms, not every practitioner uses a wand. They are not a requirement of magical practice, merely among one of its most popular tools.
Wands represent male phallic power but are used by both male and female practitioners. Wizards use wands but so do the sorceress-goddess Circe. Female fairies are commonly depicted employing wands. The Maenads brandished Dionysus’ sacred wand, the thyrsus. The wand may put masculine power in the hands of a woman in the same manner that a broom or birch switch places feminine power in the hands of a man.
The wand may be understood as deriving from ancient sacred phallic images and is closely related to the staff. It may also be understood as deriving from the ancient feminine mysteries of the labrys. (See Labrys)
The wand may be understood as tapping into the power of trees. Different types of wood are believed to radiate different energies and thus suit different magical purposes.
A magic wand carved form apply wood, for instance, is believed especially beneficial for love magic, while a wan carved from yew, oleander or hemlock, poisonous plants all, enables necromancy. Some practitioners only use one wand; others collect different wands, using each for specific purposes.
*Although less common than wooden wands, wands are also crafted form metal.
Wands specifically direct the power of humans: there’s a crucial reason why most children are taught early on that it’s rude to point. Pointing is a potent magical gesture, quite often used in spontaneous, hostile magic: the curse that just slips out of someone’s mouth is usually accompanied by a pointing finger directing hostile words in their intended direction. The wand may be understood as an extension and enhancement of that finger of power.
Wands may be ornamented with crystals, feathers, and amulets,. They may be engraved with sigils, runes, hieroglyphs, Names of power or magical inscriptions. As described in the Harry Potter novels, wands may be hollowed out and filled with a reed or some other material, however due to limitations of size, obviously less material can be placed within a wand than inside a staff.
*In the German mythic epic The Song of the Nibelungs (Die Nibelungenlied), the dragon’s treasure hoard includes a tiny gold wand that enables its possessor to rule the world.
Don’t have a magic wand? Not to worry. Substitutions are easily made: an umbrella serves as a magic wand as does a cane, folding fan or flute. (And when in need, one’s finger really can substitute!) The crucial thing is to recall that once the instrument has been designated as a magic tool it must be treated as such: an umbrella magic wand is potentially no less sacred than a more conventional wand. If one expects it to behave magically, it must be treated with the respect and care due any magical tool.
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Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:51 am
Now that my entries are complete, I believe it would be nice to make this into an open discussion forum! Here you can talk about ritual tools, what kind you use, what kind you prefer. Your own experiences with different kinds, the meaning behind them . . . and so on! This will be a nice place where we can all compare and contrast notes in hopes of learning and bettering ourselves in the craft!
*Please stay on topic.
*Please be polite.
*No Spam, No Flame, No Bump.
*Feel free to ask questions and I'll try my best to answer them.
*Other members can feel free to answer questions as well.
Peace & Harmony
~Ms. Nam
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Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:08 am
Staff or Wand?
Which do you prefer to use?
Personally, I like the staff. I know they have the same function, basically. But what do you prefer?
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Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 4:44 am
I know my husband prefers the staff. I have a wand but I havn't found much use for it.
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:33 am
i think i would like a staff ^_^
actually im planning on making my own cause i have some great plans for it....
im ganna plant a small tree... er... perferably a fast growing tree... or plant... and once its gets so tall im ganna cut the top of it off and split 3 ways far enough to slip a small crystal ball in there and tie the 3 peices back together above the ball... so it will grow back together, and ill have a crystal ball in my staff.. ^_^
i love having knoledge of random things
not nearly sure what i can use as an offering, i think i might take a branch off and use it to grow another tree in its place... while leaving a blood offering
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Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 4:27 pm
i have a wand...i would love a staff but it is unpractical for me as i work inside. i made the wand....and i think it is pretty
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Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 3:40 pm
year of the boar i have a wand...i would love a staff but it is unpractical for me as i work inside. i made the wand....and i think it is pretty I work inside too, but I still prefer to just make sure there's more open space to use it in. smile It just makes more sense to me, personally. Though wands do have their uses...hell of a lot easier to transport, that's for sure. mrgreen
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