![]() The witch’s broom (called Besom) has seven distinctive parts: The Staff Butt, The Staff, The Choke Ring, The Stalks (bristles), The Stalk Tips, The Splay Ring, and the Stalk Butts. ![]() They are used in many rituals for marriage and fertility and are also connected to Astral Travels. If you think about purchasing an athame, you can check out various artists and suppliers on Etsy.īrooms have often been associated with witches. “The Witch’s Athame” is a great book to learn more about using blades in magic, consecrating and personalizing it for your own needs. When it is not displayed on the altar, it can be kept in a sheath on your belt, or wrapped in a natural cloth and stored safely. You can place the athame in the south of your altar (the direction of elemental Fire). The blade can be made with steel or other metals, although when working with faeries and nature spirits it is recommended to use other materials such as flint, stone, wood, horn, bone, glass, or resin. It can be substituted with any blade, such as a kitchen knife, a pocket knife, a letter opener, or even a crochet hook (as long as it is consecrated for magic and used solely for that purpose). The Athame represents power, action, domination, authority, and creative forces of nature. It is connected to the two-edged nature of magic and opposites of creation. Others use it for invoking and evoking spirits, consecrating the water, banishing unwanted energies, and energetical cutting. Some practitioners like to open and close magical circles with the athame. It is used to direct energy, purely for a ritual purpose, and should not be used to actually cut anything. It represents the masculine, active energy and is connected to the Fire element (although in the ceremonial circles they associate blades with the Air element and wands with Fire). The athame is a two-edged ritual dagger, usually with a black handle. ![]()
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