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Tools
The Broom
The Broom is still used in modern practice today by sweeping the sacred area (inside or out) where a rite may be performed.
This sweeping is more than just a physical cleansing;
in fact, the bristles don't even need to touch the ground.
While sweeping, visualize the broom sweeping out the
astral buildup that occurs where humans live.
To make your own broom-
Try the old magical formula of an ash staff, birch
twigs and a willow binding. The ash is protective,
the birch purifying, and the willow is sacred to the
Goddess. A tiny broom of pine needs can also be used.
- Scott Cunningham
Element: Water
Spells: Love and psychic workings
Purification and Protection
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Wand
The Wand is an instrument of invocation.
It is used to direct energy, draw magical symbols or a circle on the ground, or even to stir the cauldron.
To make your own wand- the traditional woods include willow, elder, oak, apple, peach, hazel, cherry and so on.
Some Wiccans cut it the length from the crook of the elbow to the tip of the forefinger, but this isn't necessary.
Element: Air
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Censer
The censer is an incense burner.
In ceremonial magic, "spirits" are sometimes asked to appear in visible form in the smoke rising from the censer.
While this isn't part of Wicca, the Goddess and God can sometimes be seen in the curling, twisting smoke.
Sitting while breathing slowly and watching the smoke can sometimes be an
entrancing act, and you might slip into an altering state of consciousness.
To make your own censer- any bowl or cup half-filled with sand or salt works well.
Element: Air
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Cauldron
The cauldron is the container in which magical transformations occur; the sacred grail.
It can also been seen as a symbol of the Goddess.
The cauldron can be an instrument of scrying by filling it with water and gazing into it.
To make your own Cauldron- The Cauldron should be made of iron, resting on three legs, with its opening smaller than its widest part.
Element:Water
Reincarnation, Inspiration, Femininity, Fertility
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Athame
The Athame is not used for cutting purposes in Wicca,
but to direct the energy raised during rites and spells.
Sometimes energy raised within Wiccan ritual is channeled into the knife for later use.
To make an Athame- The knife is often dull
(though I prefer mine sharp; depends on what feels
right to you), double-edged and with a black or dark
handle to absorb power.
Element: Fire
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Bolline
The white-handled knife is simply a practical, working knife.
It is used to cut wands or sacred herbs, inscribe symbols onto candles or on wood, clay or wax, and in cutting cords for use in magic.
To make a Bolline- Usually white-handles to distinguish it from the magic knife.
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Crystal Sphere
The crystal has long been used in contemplative divination.
In ritual, the crystal is sometimes placed on the altar to represent the Goddess.
Also may be used to recieve messages from the Gods, or to store energy raised in ritual.
Periodic exposure to moonlight, or rubbing the crystal with fresh mugwort, will increase its ability to spark our psychic power.
It may be the center of Full Moon rituals.
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Chalice
The cup is simply a cauldron on a stem.
Can be used to hold water yet also contains the ritual beverage for the rite.
To make your own Chalice- you can use a simple cup.
The most popular substances are silver, brass, gold, earthenware, soapstone, alabaster, crystal and other materials.
Element: Water
Fertility, Goddess
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Pentacle
The pentacle is a flat, round piece inscribed the the
pentagram; the five-pointed star. A convenient tool upon
which to place amulets, charms or other objects to be
ritually consecrated.
To make your own Pentacle- you can use brass, silver, gold, wood, wax or clay and inscribe or paint a pentacle onto it.
Element: Earth
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The Book of Shadows
A workbook containing invocations, ritual patterns, spells, runes, rules governing magic, etc.
Books of Shadows are sometimes passed down upon initiation but most are composed by the individual.
To make your own Book of Shadows- begin with any blank book and add in your own spells, rituals, etc
It is good to copy down your BOS by hand.
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Bell
The bell is usually is before rituals and other works of magick
to call and invite certain entities (i.e. Deities, Faeries, Elementals, etc) or to simply call that the ritual has begun or ended.
It is also rung to ward off evil spells and spirits, to halt storms, or to evoke good energies.
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Some Information borrowed from Scott Cunningham's Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner.
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