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Witchcraftz : Making A Wand
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From: MSN NicknameDamage�?/nobr>  (Original Message)Sent: 4/17/2007 11:50 PM
 Making A Wand
One neat way to make a wand that is very popular is to get a piece of copper tubing and a crystal that fits in the end of it or even one for both ends of it. Then you can decorate the tube in various ways. SOME people solder small chips of gemstones on it, while others wrap it in black leather (crazy glue keeps this on the pipe!) and then braid various colors of embroidery thread about this or attach feathers to it or whatever. You can fill the tubes with herbs sacred to your purpose/goal in life too.
Some folks have more than one of these wands for various purposes in their lives. You can solder the crystal/s in the end/s or you can fashion prongs out of the end of the tubing and stick it in in much the same way a jeweler sets a diamond in a ring. Again, if you do this, you may find a touch of crazy glue.
Of course a wand doesn't have to be this complicated. Another nice wand is the ceremonial Magick - type "lotus wand" that some witches have adopted as their own. Take a branch from a tree that is fairly straight and the right length for a wand. Preferably this should be one you find, but it can also be taken from a living tree if you psychically "ask the tree's permission" - if you get a strong feeling this is wrong and that you shouldn't cut that tree, don't do it. THIS SHOULD BE DONE ON THE WAXING MOON. All ritual tools you make should be made and/or consecrated ONLY on the Waxing moon. The waxing moon is the time from one day after the new moon up to and including the night of the full - moon. Either way, leave an offering of thanks afterwards.
If you are into the Native American traditions, a ounce or so of tobacco (PURE - the kind used in the sacred pipe) or cornmeal is appropriate. If you are in Wicca / NeoPaganims, a libation of apple juice is most fitting - as is some home-baked cakes (unfrosted plain cupcakes, some corn muffins, oatmeals or cornmeal cookies or cornbread, a loaf of home-made or all-natural whole wheat bread, etc - NATURAL stuff, please NO TWINKIES AND JUNKFOOD) or even a few small charged crystals can be implanted in the ground for the trees growth. In Santeria it was traditional when taking anything from nature to leave a specific number of copper coins, perhaps with specific foods, depending upon the Deities/Orishas or other entities being invoked according to a very strict tradition of what Beings ruled what places. (for example, 5 is the number of a river or fresh water, 7 is the number for the ocean, 4 or 6 for a mountain, 2 for the forest, etc.) Then you strip the bark, sand it down, mark it in 7 segments and paint them each in these colors of the rainbow from top to bottom. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet.
Some celtic traditions put a steel rod through the middle of any wooden wand - a tricky business, but effective to make it a channel of the energy. To do this you MUST be sure your branch is of a certain thickness or it will split as you try to do this. This channels the energy in a simillar way to the copper tubing in the crystal wand. They also wrap a coil of thick steel wire around it's handle, like a snake, for 4-5 times which makes a grip and is also said to contribute to the energy flow. Another way to paint a wooden wand is half black and half white or half gold and half silver, to express the balance of the polarities.
If you are into Kabbalah, some folks also use Red and Blue as these are the colors usually associated with Chesed and Geburah in magick which are the central spheres on the masculine and feminine pillars of the tree of life, respectively. And some people leave the wooden rod plain, allowing the natural beauty of the wood to come through. ALSO, some people make their wands out of a wooden dowel rod bought at a local lumber supply house. I do, however, suggest that if at all possible, you still go into nature and make a small offering to mother earth for the materials used. Even a purchased dowel or a crystal bought from a rock shop or a copper tubes are all gifts from Mother Earth and Father Sky and it is important to show our gratitude for what they have given us.
Ultimately, you should make the wand be what you FEEL. a simple stick wrapped with embroidery thread that has some feathers tied to the ends of the thread works well for one friend of mine in MASS.
 
 
Elemental Wands
 
Wand of Air
Cut an 18 inch Lilac branch. Slowly shave only the bark off, no wood.
Make sure the branch is green. Holding the wand with your thumbs, light
incense under it, and let the smoke touch it. As the incense burns, chant:
"Spirit of Air, maker of wind. Bless this wand to channel your strength through."
Wand of Fire
Cut an 18 inch Cherry branch. Slowly shave only the bark off, no wood.
Make sure the branch is green (red). Resting the wand on your thumbs, light
a candle under it,
Push wand in and out of the flames while chanting:
"Spirit of Fire, maker of destruction. Bless this wand to channel your strength through."
Wand of Earth
Cut an 18 inch Dog Wood (or Oak) branch. Slowly shave only the bark off, no wood.
Make sure the branch is green. Resting the wand on your thumbs, slowly
sprinkle dirt/earth over it while chanting:
"Spirit of Earth, maker of Mountain. Bless this wand to channel your strength through."
Wand of Water
Cut an 18 inch Willow (or Drift Wood) branch. Slowly shave only the bark off,
no wood(Don't shave drift wood).
Make sure the branch is green (Not necessary for drift wood). Resting the
wand on your thumbs, slowly sprinkle water over it
while chanting:
"Spirit of Water, maker of sea. Bless this wand to channel your strength through."
Lunar Pearl~


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From: MSN NicknameDamage�?/nobr>Sent: 4/18/2007 12:03 AM
 Create Your Own Crystal Wand
 
 
Crystal Wands are one of the most powerful forms of 'light tools' presently known to mankind.
 
The wand itself consists of a hollow copper tube of about one foot in length. The copper tube should be around three-quarters of an inch in diameter.
 
A quartz crystal of at least three inches in length and around three-quarter of an inch wide, clear and with reasonably unchipped facets, should be affixed to one end of the copper tube. At the other end of the copper tube is either a copper cap or another quartz crystal.
 
Either single - or double terminated quartz crystals may be used. The whole copper tube is insulated by a leather strip wound completely around the wand.
 
The very best way to discover exactly how a crystal wand functions - and its tremendous potentialities as an 'energizer' - is to make one for yourself. By constructing your very own crystal wand you will soon find that it then becomes much easier to merge your own vibrations with that of your wand.........
 
To make your own personal crystal wand first take your hollow copper tube and, with a hacksaw, cut two lengthwise strips at one end of the tube, about three inches deep. Then, with a pair of pliers, bend the sides outwards so as to allow your quartz crystal to slide into place.
 
Before doing so, however, you must glue the sides of your quartz crystal and then gently slide the crystal into its place within the copper tube. You must now bend the sides back into place and ensure that at least one inch of your crystal protrudes at the end.
 
At the other end of the copper tube, either glue the copper cap into position or affix another quartz crystal.
 
Finally, take your leather strip (any colour will do) which needs to be about three feet in length and place a small amount of glue at intervals along one side. Then tightly wrap the leather, in spiral fashion, around the copper tubing.
 
Your crystal wand is now ready to be used!
 
When your crystal wand is lying by itself without you holding it, it is in what I would describe as the 'passive' mode but as soon as you pick up your crystal wand it becomes operational and is in an 'active' mode.
 
Crystal wands are extremely simple to operate. All that you need to do is to pick up your wand, focus the crystalline energy by visualizing a blue/white light of energy radiating from the apex of the quartz crystal in your wand, and you have now created your own powerful ray of energy and power.
 
You must ,however, be very sure that you use your new 'tool' and crystal friend very wisely!
 
At my very first crystal healing workshop, when I had only just constructed my very first crystal wand, I was holding my wand in my right hand whilst I was talking and, without thinking, I must have directed the wand at the third eye chakra of one of the students present.
 
With a 'yell' the student nearly toppled back on his chair. Apparently he had experienced a tremendous burst of energy and power emanating from my wand which had almost thrown him back into his seat!
 
It is therefore very important that you are extremely careful where you point your crystal wand when you are holding it.
 
For ordinary crystal healing purposes I use my wand in much the same way as if I were using a normal quartz crystal. I take my wand in my right hand and I move the wand around the perimeter of the patient's body, in a clock-wise direction - for a few moments.
 
I then focus the crystalline energies of my wand through the apex of the quartz crystal and direct these energies into the body of the person whom I am treating. I find that about fifteen minutes is sufficient at any one treatment session.
 
After directing the crystal healing energy into the patient I finish the treatment session by once again moving the wand around the perimeter of the patient's body, again in a clock-wise direction, for a few moments.
 
Using this technique the patient's body becomes surrounded by a 'sea' of crystalline energy and this energy penetrates every fibre of the patient's inner and outer being; and, in most cases, deep,lasting, healing occurs.
 
As soon as I pick up my crystal wand I can feel the whole wand begin to vibrate and pulsate. My hands start to tingle and I feel alive with crystalline energy and power. I channel my own healing energies into the wand which then becomes even more powerful and thus by the time the healing rays are projected through the quartz crystal at the end of the wand I can sense that I have managed to create a wonderful source of power and energy.
 
I am often asked at my workshops and seminars why it is necessary to insulate the wand with leather. Insulation is essential for your own personal protection as I have found out myself from painful experience.
 
When you are working with your crystal wand for any length of time a great many subatomic particles accumulate within the copper tube and,on occasions, if you were to touch the actual copper you may receive an electrical type shock. This has happened to me on more than one occasion in my experimental work. So be warned!
 
The results that you are able to obtain by using a crystal wand depend very much upon your own ability in being able to attune yourself at a high enough level with all the vibrational energies at your disposal. Like everything else in our earthly life, the more you practise, the more you achieve!
 
As your energies become stronger, your wand will grow more potent too! Crystal wands never ever breakdown, never need an external power source (eg batteries or electricity) and may be used twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
 
The possibilities are unlimited. Experiment with your crystal wand. Stretch your imagination and inventiveness beyond their normal range. Allow yourself to become at one with your crystal wand. Establish a complete rapport and empathy with it.
 
Crystal wands may, from time to time, be used for purposes other than for healing. For example, one evening I had to give a talk at a town some 50 miles from where I live. I was running late!! I had been unavoidably delayed and I knew that time was short. I came off the motorway and found myself engulfed in traffic being delayed by a continuous stream of red traffic lights.
 
By a strange coincidence my crystal wand was lying on the front passenger seat next to me. Without really thinking about what I was doing I idly picked the wand up with my left hand and focused it on the next red traffic light that I came across. It turned to green immediately!
 
And so it went on. Every red traffic light, virtually instantaneously, turned to green as soon as I directed the crystal wand in its direction. I thus managed to arrive at my meeting dead on time. Strange, but true!
 
Why not construct your very own crystal wand now - and discover for yourself all that it can do?