Hey CT, why do wizards have staves? Is there some ritual or utilitarian purpose to having a staff that got enshrined into magical practice? Is it just that wizards = old men and they need something to lean on? Is a wizard staff even a historical thing or is this like Vikings having horned helmets?
The imagery goes back to Moses.
Broadly speaking staves and sticks are independently common magical imagery. They carry such potential! They could be a kings scepter or a masons rule or a million other things. But in western esoteric history, the most famous stick-having magician figure is Moses.
I’m pretty sure it’s so that you can or threaten to hit people with it if they get annoying
They are also instruments of connection. Paths of organic tissue between you and the annoying guy you're wacking.
