With 2021 all tied up and onto the next part in our pandemic trilogy (2022, please be gentle.), Liber Coven is moving on to its next read. Sticking with handcrafted magic and materials, we’re looking into wands with Wandlore: A Guide for the Apprentice Wandmaker by K.P. Theodore.
“It is a manual that aims to provide a solid understanding on the art of wandmaking, serve as an introduction to wandlore and being a guide for those who aspire of becoming wand makers.”
Prepare yourself for a lot of handwaving, stick gathering, and energy directing as we dive into this short read in January and February. Who knows, maybe by the end of this, we’ll all be a wandmakers.
Step One: You could find a stick lying on the ground or pick a very small branch from a tree. If you do the latter, I would recommend that you form a bond with the tree, ask for its permission beforehand, and leave an offering. You could also choose a wand from your birth tree or from a tree you have a connection to. You also shouldn’t kill or seriously harm a tree for a wand.
Step Two: Now for the fun part! When/if your wand is dried, you can remove the bark and decorate it. You could paint sigils on it, put crystals on the end(s), carve in symbols, wrap wire around it, etc. Get creative!
Step Three: You should cleanse your wand of any negative energy it might’ve picked up. You could cleanse it by running it through incense smoke, placing it in a bowl of salt overnight, ring a bell over it, smudge it with herbs, place it in sunlight for a while, or burying in the ground. Just be careful with the last one though.
Step Four: Remember; your wand doesn’t make energy by itself; you need to charge it. Your wand is an extension of the energy it was charged with. You can charge it with crystals, your own energy, sunlight, moonlight, herbs, gods and goddesses, soil, planets, and smoke.
Some Witches and Wiccans don’t use wands, so if you don’t feel connected to the tool you don’t have to have it. That goes for all tools, don’t let anyone tell you how to practice.
perusing ebay for Sailor Moon merch that isn’t outrageously overpriced (wtf Amazon please moderate your shitty scalper sellers) and found the best bootleg wand
like damn what a combo of familiar things all mashed into a gorgeous monstrosity
Some bootlegs are actually rare and sought after - and this is one of them, being one of the earliest known Korean Sailor Moon items, besides being a visually bizarre bootleg to begin with.
PROBLEMS: - Added a variety of extra details up the handle and on the crystal - Crystal is a red heart. - Metallic looks more silver than gold - Replaced most handle details or appear to have covered them up - Handle is far too long and skinny - Appears to have an additional round button
