file 54 Wands

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I don't think any of us need to be able to turn a pumpkin into a coach

or a prince into

a frog or toad. (You have to be a senior member of the Fairy Godmother's

Guild to do anything like that, I think.) but wands can still be a

valuable part of your spiritual tool kit.

 

I wanted to write a practical article about wands and stones . I've been

attempting to do this for weeks , maybe months, pulling out the

unfinished piece and trying to assemble a factual, solid essay on

wands .Then finally it hits me, I've been trying to demystify " magic " ,

Real Magic, and there is no way that I can turn the truth about wands

of crystal and copper ,stone, wood, energy and hope, into the kind of

how to article you'd write about a chain saw, a spoon or a

flashlight. Wands cannot be fitted into a rational, scientific,

limited, intellectual box . Wands are objects made to move and remove

the boundaries between the mundane and the sacred. They are objects of

creation, of power, of fantasy made real.

 

In general wands are used to focus and direct energy. They can be used

to enhance focus, or energy while meditating , to charge grids and

objects or water, for healing and for massage or even to facilitate

spiritual journeying . They may be used to direct intention as in remote

healing work or to empower affirmations and elixirs or spells . Wands

may also be used to symbolically and energetically cut or dissolve

blocks and negative cords things or to create and/or mark boundaries

or to vacuum up negative energies, Some wands are used as symbols of

authority. These are usually a smaller version of a scepter or staff

which are traditional symbols of power, authority or of office .

The Wand may on occasion be a substitute for a knife , sword or

club which also are objects which may be used in the same way as wands

in some spiritual or social traditions . The energy projected by the

wand replaces the physical protection or defense symbolized by

weapons . Some people use wands as a kind of permanent crystal grid

having them made or dedicated for a purpose such as bringing in love or

money or enhancing meditation.

 

There are a great number of different kinds of wands, The same

principles generally apply to most kinds . We will focus on wands

that are made with crystal , metal or stone components. Wands include

natural and shaped crystal and stone wands, laser wands, Vogal wands

and constructed wands. There are many kinds of wands in which crystals

are used in one way or another and there are wands made entirely of

crystal or stone as well as those that use other materials such as

glass, metal or wood, as well as crystals and stones. Wands are also

made with feathers or horn or other material and these may be adorned

with stones and crystals as well .

Wands tipped with crystals, wands covered or decorated with various

crystals, stones ,shells or other objects , copper and silver tubes

filled with herbs and stones, wands of whatever kind with stones set or

glued or wired onto them.

You can buy a wand or make a wand for yourself. The tools and materials

do not need to be complicated, a rod or tube, some crystals, glue or

crimper for copper tubing, a carving tool if you want to carve or burn

decoration or symbols into wood The wand can be as simple or as complex

as you wish.

However your wand reaches you you will probably want to clear , charge

and dedicate it yourself.

Some wands have standard protocals and traditions of use for healing and

massage such as Laser wands ,Vogal carved wands and some shaped wands

and wand or blade formations of stones and crystals either carved or

natural such as Selinite or Kyanite wands and blades which are

probably most often used for healing work such as chakra balancing

and removing blocked energies conducting and directing healing energy.

Some of this work has been discussed in several of the files about

healing treatments. The wand forms that have been carved to use for

massage usually have one pointed end and one rounded end they come in

various sizes and can be very nice used for massage or for using

energy instead of needles or pressure in place of acupuncture or

accupressure and other systems that use trigger points of some kind

I have several of these and my daughters have more but I am not

formally trained in massage or accupressure so perhaps someone with

more experience in those areas can lead an exploration of using the

crystals in massage. There are a number of books and resources

available for exploring these uses in detail .

 

Each wand will have a unique energy, many people have several wands

each dedicated to a single purpose or area of work. Other people will

use the same wand for all purposes I use several different wands. I have

made some wands and some prayer or feather wands as well and have bought

some . I use or have used wands to meditate with, to charge crystal

grids and to do the clearing work and energy charging during healing

sessions. Wands can be used to direct energy for room clearing and

casting circles.

 

Wands are often made with stones selected to strengthen the effect of

the wand for a specific purpose . Chakra wands with stone of each of the

rainbow colors are probably among the most common . Some wands have a

single crystal point at one end, others have crystals at both ends,

some have a crystal point at one end and a crystal ball at the other

.. Large wands generally are not any more powerful than small ones. The

energy put into the wand as it is created and worked with is what gives

the wand its power, not the size expense ,decoration or elaborateness

of the wand. In a pinch you can even charge a regular stick or even a

flower and use it as a wand .

 

Wands may be given or received as gifts and you may purchase one for

yourself there is no traditional superstition about this in most cases

though some people will want to pay at least a penny for any stone that

has citrine in it because of a belief similar to the tradition that

knives will cut the friendship if they are given rather than purchased .

 

One of the best ways to become familiar with wands and how they work

and their ability to energize is to make one of your own and work with

it .

 

Gather the materials for your wand carefully, or buy one with

equal care, choose with your gut, your heart , your inner knowing and

feeling, not just from your mind and aesthetic sensibilities . This

wand, whether based on a selected wooden rod or copper tubing or other

substance and created with glue or metal or leather trim or stones of

various sorts is made real, made useful, has value, only because with

your intention ,with your energy, and the energies of the sacred space,

the spirit surrounding and permeating everything you make it real. Your

wand can be a conduit for energy. You connect and charge it with the

ability to assist you in working with energy, with light and spirit,

transcending the realms of the physical and nonphysical .

 

While you make the wand it helps to keep your mind focused on the

purpose and the spiritual values you wish to see embodied in the wand .

 

One basic crystal wand type can be made by starting with a hollow

copper tube of around a foot in length and about three quarters of an

inch in diameter. A clear quartz crystal perhaps three inches in length

and around three-quarter of an inch wide, is attached to one end of the

tube. You can make a pair of lengthwise slits (with a jewelers saw) in

the copper tube to allow the crystal to be slipped into the tube and

you can put glue on the crystal to help keep it in the tube. At least

an inch of the crystal should stick out from the end . Then the copper

can be crimped gently around the crystal .The other end of the tube

can have a copper cap , another quartz crystal or ball or another stone

.. Often copper tubes are covered with leather or cloth additional

stones may be placed along the body of the wand either single or doubly

terminated crystals can be used at the ends . Some people place small

stones , herbs or symbols or prayers of intention written on paper into

the hollow tube.

If you are using a wrapping you would take a strip about three feet long

and wrap it in a spiral while gluing it at intervals around the tube .

After the wand is charged and dedicated with intention it will be now

ready to be used.

Generally unless a wand is programed to project a program or field of

energy at all times it is only active when it is being held or focused

on with intention.

You may want to help focus the healing energy by visualizing a beam of

light being emitted from the tip or the crystal wand. You can move the

wand in circles and use your intention to either project healing energy

or to dissolve and clear negative energy.

However you get or make your wand and whatever materials are in it,

wands are dedicated and activated by intention and connection . Place

your wand and yourself within sacred space even if only in your heart

and mind , Focus your attention and intention on the wand allow

energies to flow into the wand , Summon the energies from your

surroundings and spiritual sources and elements not just your own

energy.

Use your dreams, plans, intuition, passion and gifts of spirit to

guide the energies into the wand and fulfill the potential to effect

the areas to which the wand is dedicated and directed. Clarify and focus

your intention to know, define and accept the purpose of this wand .

This wand may be one you get and direct to a purpose of your need and

choice or the wand may come to you already dedicated for a particular

function.

 

When the wand is complete and dedicated keep it in a place of safety and

respect,

perhaps on an altar though you do not have to be obsessive about

this. One might suppose that something like having a dog chew on your

wand might possibly diminish the effectiveness of the wand at least for

a while.

 

There are many ways that wands may be used. Some are simply held in

the hand or on the lap during meditation. Wands are sometimes used in

the same way as Athames ( ritual knives) often are, to cast or define

a circle of energy and protection for rituals and healing or

meditation to be done within the circles bounds. Wands are used to call

focus, discharge, and otherwise effect energy . You may feel an

intuitive need to move your wand in circles or spirals or other paths

of motion while you focus and define the intention to direct energy for

a chosen purpose . When using wands in healing work they may be moved

through the aura and used for pulling out and releasing blocks and

negative energy build ups and filling the aura with healing or spiritual

light and energy you may smooth or comb or enhance the energy body with

the wand too. A gentle sweeping of the wand around the body of the ill

or unhappy may provide a soothing healing and comporting treatment .

Allow your wands to be a channel, an amplifier a projector of energy .

These are a tool of magic and can help you become aware of your

sacred nature and the sacred nature of the life all around you . Wands

can be a key to the door between worlds and planes and between the

mundane and the mystical they can help you in meditation to become more

aware of your inner nature and of the beings and realms of spirit that

surround you.

Sometimes You may feel an call to sing or chant or dance with your wand

as part of the mutual empowerment The best way to learn to use a wand

will always be to get one and work with it Hold the wand while you

meditate and listen for guidance and intuitions on the ways and

purposes for using your wands

 

Peggy Jentoft

May 1st 2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

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