How Do You Make A Magic Wand?
Many pagans and witches find wands useful for focusing energy in spells and rituals. On an altar, this tool represents air. Although you can buy wands from New Age shops made from wood and crystals, making your own is a very personal magical experience that will make your workings more powerful. • Take a walk in a natural place. Keep your eyes open for a stick or branch that has been laying on the ground and that is no shorter than 13 inches. Let it jump out at you, and follow your intuition. This stick should be appealing to you, as it could be a tool that you use for many years. If you feel drawn to a particular tree, connect with its energy and bless and thank the tree for what you’re about to take from it, before removing any small branches. • Scrape off the bark with a sharp blade or a wood burner. • Carve down to your desired shape and style. • Use charring to change the appearance or to amplify carvings. Personalize your wand with things yourself. It’s YOUR wand pick exactly wha
Symbolic of fire and air, the wand is the quintessential magical tool. It is arguably the most important article in any magical tool collection. Crafting your own is especially satisfying and deepens your connection with this dynamic energy conductor. Cut Your Magic Wand Step 1 Know your intent. How you’ll use your wand will help determine your choice of wood and decoration. Step 2 Decide what type of wood to use. Apple is a good choice for healing and love magic, birch for moon magic and ivy is effective for faerie magic. Step 3 Find a tree. Tell the tree what you want to do and ask its permission. Sit quietly and wait for an answer. Respect the tree’s answer; if it says no, find another tree. Step 4 Cut your magic wand. Custom dictates that you do this on a Wednesday at sunset, when the moon is waxing. The length of a wand is determined by the distance between the tip of your middle finger and your elbow. The circumference is what ever feels comfortable in your hand. Step 5 Seal the
