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Athame
- Element: Fire
- Description: A knife or dagger, often double edged, with dull blades, and the handle is usually black or another dark color to absorb power.
- Use: Used as a means of focusing energy and directing it, such as in casting and releasing circles. It is not to be used for cutting purposes or anything outside the circle.
Boline
- Element: Fire
- Description: A knife or dagger, often single edged, with sharp blades, and the handle is usually white or another light color to avoid absorbing power.
- Use: It is to be used for cutting purposes within the circle, such as joined candle wicks, herbs, cords, and the like.
Cauldron
- Element: Water
- Description: A large bowl, or cooking pot, often made of iron to reside over a fire, and usually is three-legged.
- Use: A container in which transformations can occur, and it's often a power focus point in rituals and spells. It can also be filled with water and used for scrying and divination. It is also a symbol of the Goddess.
Wand
- Element: Air
- Description: Simply put, a stick. It can have gems, crystals and stones set into it, or be carved with special symbols, or both, to personalize it.
- Use: An instrument of invocation, used to direct energy, to draw majickal symbols or to stir the contents of a cauldron.
Censer
- Element: Air
- Description: An incense burner. Can be big or small, wooden or metal, or as simple as a bowl of salt/sand to absorb the heat from the charcoal, and to allow incense sticks and/or cones to be embedded in.
- Use: Increases concentration and aids in meditation. Incenses used can also influence the workings based on its majickal properties.
Pentacle
- Element: All
- Description: A five point star inside a circle (one point up, two points down) that can be made from any engravable material.
- Use: Used as an instrument of protection, and to consecrate other ritual tools. 5 points represent the 5 elements. Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Spirit. It can be hung over doors and windows or worn about the neck as a pendant.
Chalice
- Element: Water
- Description: A goblet or cup with no handle, that can be made from any substance (though most prefer silver or silver plated to reflect Diana, the Moon Goddess).
- Use: Can be used to hold ritual wine or water for scrying. It represents the Goddess and fertility. Use both hands when drinking from the chalice.
Broom
- Element: Water
- Description: Can be a store-bought broom or hand made from straw and a staff.
- Use: Used to purify space. Before casting a circle, or just to cleanse a space of emotions, energies or imprints. Is also used in many water spells involving cleansing, and in protecting a home (by laying it across the door).
Book of Shadows
- Element: None, and all. Varies depending on the witch.
- Description: A collection of spells, rituals, ideas and thoughts, normally in a book format.
- Use: A reference for spells and rituals and powerful concepts. Traditionally handwritten, and this is highly recommended, but the decision lies in what you are comfortable with.
Cord
- Element: Earth
- Description: A cord or ribbon of 3-6 foot length, braided. Can be of any color.
- Use: Can be used in sympathetic majick, or circle casting. The color of the cord should suit the purpose and intent.
Scrying Tools
- Element: Varies with type
- Description: Any reflective thing (other than a mirror). A bowl of water in a dark lit environment, or a prepared concave glass.
- Use: Is used for divination and personal reflection.
Spellbox
- Element: Earth
- Description: A container of any shape, size or color, that is made from organic materials.
- Use: This item is intended to house talismans and majickal objects. It is also a place where a written spell is hidden and left untouched until the spell has completed its task. The shape and color of the box must not conflict to the contents or purpose. They must be cleansed with seasalt or rock salt for 48 hours prior to use to prevent spell confusion and energy retention.
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