Hi! Hope you’re doing fine. I’m sorry to ask this, I’m just really curious about occult and magic. I wanted to know why the wand is useful (sorry I’m ignorant!). Is it really necessary? Why or how can you use that? Do you need to create it? Again: sorry! I hope that I’m not disturbing you or something. I’m not from north America or England, so maybe my English is kinda awful, I hope that is not. By the way, you seem a lovely person, so I’m sorry if I disturb you, have a lovely day! 💕

jakattax:

Hello!

Your English is wonderful so don’t worry ☺️

Not disturbing me at all, please don’t worry about it. I try to reply very quickly to all asks, sometimes it takes a little longer than usual but I never ignore my asks. So don’t worry your not disturbing me.

Yeh the wand is vital, an incredibly important tool, a must have tool in the occult arsenal. Classicaly the wand has been representative of the element of air (I think other sources say fire too) but the wand or staff is one of the tools, in my opinion that can’t be skipped. I think in some paths the athame substitutes for the wand but the both essentially carry out the same purpose, being energy direction. The wand or staff is representative of the authority rod of power, the symbol of the magicians power and control over the spirits we can command.

Wands are largely used to create the circle in which we work, if it’s a long enough wand you trace the circle on the ground. Not every minor spell requires the use of the wand, but pretty much every classical grimoire has instructions on how to make one And when it should be employed. The vast majority call for virgin hazel wood, cut with a single stroke and inscribed with symbols and godnames. I’ve been meaning to write a long post about my own wand, but I’m slight hesitant as pretty much all of the books state that the wand should be kept in the upmost of secrecy. They are a very personal and powerful tool.

So yeh sorry in brief the wand is just one of the tools you need to have and in my opinion it’s absolutely necessary.

Thank you so much for your question!

Great question and answer.

May I also recommend this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMV9exTl0LU&t=1112s