How To Make A Magic Wand

Many pagans and witches find wands useful for focusing
energy in spells and rituals. On an altar, this tool

carvings.

represents air. Although you can buy wands from New Age
shops made from wood and crystals, making your own is a very

5.Personalize your wand with things yourself. It's YOUR wand
pick exactly what you want. You can use feathers,

personal magical experience that will make your workings
more powerful.

crystals,runes and stones for the internal. Also adding any
cords, metal wire, or symbol that is meaningful to decorate

the external of the wand. Go with anything that comes to
mind. Make it whatever you see it to be.

* a 13 inch branch

* A sharp blade or a wood burner
* Any decoration, you mainly need a focal point at

* To give your wand a more finished look, sand lightly

least(a crystal or gem is best to project energy through.

and apply tung oil (a natural oil derived from the seed of
the tung tree).

1.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

* You may wish to bless or consecrate your wand
ritually, before using your wand for practicing.

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

* Before you turn the stick into a wand, inspect it

and bless and thank the tree for what you're about to take
from it, before removing any small branches.

carefully and put it back outdoors if it has fungus, insects
or rot in it.

2.Scrape off the bark with a sharp blade or a wood burner.

* Wands are personal things that are very much attuned
to your energies. Lending or borrowing wands is an idea that

3.Carve down to your desired shape and style.

often results in less powerful magic. Making a wand yourself
makes it more of your own, deriving from your energy as you

4.Use charring to change the appearance or to amplify

making it to get your personal result.