The broom is used for a variety of purposes:
*It has evolved into the emblem of witchcraft as surely as it once represented midwives. They may be displayed as a source of pride and as a device to memorialize the Burning Times.
*Brooms serves as an amulet against malefic magick.
*Brooms are used in a vast variety of magick spells, especially those for cleansing, banishing and fertility.
*The broomstick was the traditional tool used for topical application of witches' flying ointment.
Various types of brooms may be used:
*Single use ritual brooms, usually loosely put together from herbal material and taken apart and dispersed immediately following use.
*Special ritual magickal brooms, only to be used in ritual, as beautifully carved and crafted as any magick wand or sword. These are particularly popular amongst modern pagan and Wiccans.
*A plain household broom the same one used to sweep the floor, the staple of Hoodoo banishing spells. Spiritual and mundane household cleansing may be accomplished through the use of ritual floorwashes.