A Spell Broom
Brooms are ancient tools of magic. European folklore is filled with tales of brooms and their ritual uses. Though often associated with Witches, brooms can be found in virtually every household in every country in the world. Each day, millions of these bristled tools are used in quite ordinary ways. Why, then, do they possess such a mystic aura?
This is revealed by a look at the broom's function. Brooms are used to sweep. Sweeping cleans; it purifies. That, we believe, is the origin of the broom's magical power - its usfulness in purification.
Most of us grew up with the shaker-type brooms, the most common type used in the United States today. Round brooms, while attractive, aren't as effective in performing their simple mission, and so flat brooms have all but overtaken their round counterparts. Though we've virtually lost the round broom, most of these sweeping devices (save for a few) are still made of natural materials: a wooden handle, broomcorn (for the sweeping end), a nail, and wire.
Round brooms are still made today, in limited quantities, by craftspeople in the United States. In other countries, round brooms are still in common use.
Magically, round brooms are emblematic of the moon and of its energies, as well as of women, water, and the earth itself. Then, too, round brooms are evocative of past times, when magic was an accepted part of life and when the broom was a tool of this ancient art. Therefore, we'll be discussing the creation of round brooms.
Such brooms are made for a specific magical purpose, then are disassembled and returned to the earth. Though spell brooms can be used for a variety of magical purposes. As with all magical crafts, the end purpose of the broom should be visualized throughout the creation process.
Spell Crafts
Creating Magical Objects
Scott Cunningham
& David Harrington
ISBN 0-87542-185-7
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