Creating and Enchanting my Wand
Over the summer I started creating a wand from a stick that I found whilst on a walk in the park (I have no idea what the wood is, but I felt an affinity for it straight away!). Once university started back up I left it behind and didn’t think much about it. But this weekend I found it again and I decided to finish it off and start using it!
Making the Wand:
Please bear in mind, I am not at all skilled at wand making or woodwork - there are lots of tutorials that you can find online! This is the way that I did it:
Find a stick which is fairly straight and slightly thicker and longer than you’d like your finished wand to be. Don’t pick one that has lots of off-shoots. I prefer to find mine on the ground rather than take them from the tree as I’m not confident on ownership rights and how to not harm the tree, et cetera.
Take the bark off of the stick, I did this by soaking the stick first and then scraping the bark off. You could also whittle the bark away if you are adept at that (please be careful though). I then whittled the stick to get down to the light wood and take off any sticky-out parts.
Then sand the stick down to get it fairly smooth and smooth out the ends. I finished off with a nail file to fine tune it. I then carved a spiralling line on the bottom end of the wand.
Wash it with plain water to get rid of the dust and to begin cleansing it. Once it was dry I buffed it with a clean cotton cloth and coconut oil fragranced with cedar and rosemary essential oils. Once that had soaked in, then I moved on to the next steps!
Cleansing, Charging and Enchanting the Wand:
A couple of nights before the full moon, I cleansed the wand with green salt. I had made this from sea salt, dried parsley, rosemary and heather. I placed the wand on the windowsill, over a ‘cleanse’ sigil and poured over the salt. I left it like that until the morning of the full moon.
Once I had tipped off the salt and brushed off the wand, I moved on to the charging phase. I drew out my ‘cleanse and charge’ sigil, on a large piece of paper, in green ink. I placed my wand in the middle and round the edge I placed some of my favourite crystals - which have energy types that I was hoping to imbue into my wand: clear quartz for charging, and then rosey quartz, amethyst, moss agate and blue topaz.
I left this as it was all day and then as even approached I began to think about enchanting my wand. I wrote out the intent on a piece of paper: ‘May this wand serve as a tool of my magic. Enchant it so that a spark grows within it. Forces of sky, of earth, and of sea, make this wand a part of me.’ And I included sigils ‘enchant’ and ‘charge’. I wrapped the paper around the wand and sealed that with a yellow ribbon. I placed it back with the crystals and left it on the windowsill overnight to charge by the full moon.
Now it’s ready to use! I have to say, it feels amazing and fits perfectly in my hand. It’s my no means perfect or pretty, but that suits me as I won’t be afraid to use it in my daily practise. If it gets scuffed or marked, I think that it will add to its charm!
A wand it a perfect tool to charge and set intents within spells and rituals! Cleanse them regularly, and remember to attune them to your energy so that they can work with you in a complimentary way!
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