As I mentioned in a previous blog post that there are tenets that exist that create the foundation of Wicca even if you are a Modern Eclectic Wiccan. There is a line, a boundary for everything, a point when something stops being one thing and transforms into something else. There are characteristics or traits that identify Wicca as Wicca. I will continue to discuss these characteristics or tenets in this blog. I have already discussed other tenets and today I will continue with the next one, which is:
- Having a relationship with the tools of The Craft.
While many individuals will argue that it is not necessary to use tools to practice The Craft, I would suggest that tools are useful and the Wiccan would benefit greatly by cultivating a relationship with them even if they chose not to use them often. The traditional tools of a solitary’s practice are: blade (athame), cup (chalice), cauldron, and pentacle, but I will also include the wand. Each tool aligns with an elemental correspondence and holds a specific use within The Craft that may be different for each Wiccan or Tradition within Wicca. For example, some may assign Air to the athame while others, such as I, assign the element of Fire to the blade and while the difference in elemental correspondence will affect the possible uses of he tool, what is most important is that the Wiccan learns about each tool and uses that knowledge to gain personal gnosis about the energy of the tool and how it relates to his or her Craft. The tool is as much a part of the energy of The All (Goddess and God) as we are and these tools enable us to align with our intention in greater strength and stability than if we were to attempt it alone, but only if and when the Wiccan has built an intimate relationship with that specific tool. If there is no relationship present between the Witch and his or her athame then that blade is just a physical object and while still a manifestation of divine energy the vibrational frequency of that object will be inaccessible to the Witch. Our tools hold a personality, they are a living energy that is available for the Wiccan to utlize. Every blade will feel energetically different to me, every wand, every chalice, every cauldron; they are as unique as every Wiccan.
Consider also that when we use our tools as other Wiccans and Witches have in times past, we align with the energy of those individuals and their power is a well available to us when we work with that tool. When we cast Circle or call Quarters with our athames as Gardner (and other Wiccans) did decades ago, we are able to align with their power and evoke that into our own Circle so that though we may physically be standing there alone, energetically we are not. Take a moment and contemplate how that source of available energy can empower your rituals, spells, and other magickal practices through the other Craft tools. With such a source available to you, why would you not experiment with it?
Consider also that when we use our tools as other Wiccans and Witches have in times past, we align with the energy of those individuals and their power is a well available to us when we work with that tool. When we cast Circle or call Quarters with our athames as Gardner (and other Wiccans) did decades ago, we are able to align with their power and evoke that into our own Circle so that though we may physically be standing there alone, energetically we are not. Take a moment and contemplate how that source of available energy can empower your rituals, spells, and other magickal practices through the other Craft tools. With such a source available to you, why would you not experiment with it?
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