a witch’s broom, or a besom is tool used in witchcraft to cleanse spaces or purify an area as ritual preparation. in the middle ages, it was used to apply flying ointment to the body to aid in astral travel, and even used in some hand-fasting ceremonies. it is associated with the air symbol.
🍃 besoms are highly customizable!
you can have several for different occasions and purposes. the materials you use to build one can have an impact on what magics you use it for. a traditional wiccan besom is made from a hawthorne staff with birch twig bristles, tied together using willow.
if you are going to be using straw, soak the straw in water to make it more pliable. they will be less likely to snap and easier to weave in a pattern
a few posibilities for staff handles based on wood magic correspondances. can also be used for wands.
alder - weather magic, necromancy, courage and passion
almond - wisdom, prosperity, love magic, healing
birch - intuition, creativity, love, healing, protection
elder - healing, protection, banishment
hazel - truth, divination
holly - purity, sun magic, strength, protection, luck
oak - protection, fertility, strength
redwood - “king of trees”, strength, protection, creativity, enlightenment
rowan - defense, creation, travel
willow - healing, protection, spirit work
you can use twigs of any of kind of tree, which will have its own correspondances
dried herbs - lavender, sage, rosemary, baby’s breath, etc
bird feathers - corresponds to the type of bird, or simply air element if an assortment
🍃 soak it in a tea bath to allow it to take on new abilities!
white tea - air magic, purification, protection, clarity, realization, meditation, cleansing
green tea - fire magic, healing, love, catalysts, mindfulness, passion, sexual health and new energies
black tea - strength, stability, endings, finished business, and banishment, expelling negativity.
fruit related teas will correspond to the meanings of those fruits, strawberry for love, lemon for cleansing, etc.
gather your staff, bristles, and binding method of choice. you can either:
bind the bristles together and stab/push the staff into the center of them
bind the bristles around the staff
bind the bristles around the staff so the ends are in the middle, and fold them down so they face the correct direction, and bind again around them
runes/sigils can be carved into the staff handle
knot magic - weave the bristles
various stones and gems can be embedded
tie flowers and plants to it
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