What is the wand system?
source: SF, email source: CA, personal conversations The wand system is a series of three grades: the white wand is granted at first initiation (in some lines, on first meeting), the green after mastery of Feri lore and practice (in some lines, at or just before initiation), and the black wand on being recognized a true master of magick. Not all lines use the wand system. The Black Lotus line has a different arrangement of wands and different meanings for each: Victor taught some of his initiates in Black Lotus and Nostos covens a slight variation on the wands. He gave the order as green first, and then white, and finally black, and this is what we currently practice: Green for new, growing things; white for the flowering or blooming stage; and black for true power and wisdom that comes with maturity. In addition, the different wands represent specialities. Green Wands, V taught Black Lotus, are healers and herbalists. White Wands are poets and artist Witches. The Black Wand for Feri e
