The implements or weapons often used in the performance of
rituals and magical rites. Traditionally these include tools for each of the magical
elements: a stemmed goblet or
chalice to represent
water; a disk, paten, or
pentacle to represent
earth; a
wand to represent
fire; and a dagger to represent
air. Some practitioners reverse the wand and dagger associations.
Other tools can include candles,
sigils,
Tarot cards,
talismans, other types of wands, other types of daggers (especially the black-handled blade, sharp on both sides, known as the
Athame and the lesser-used white-handled knife known as a
Boline, most often used by
Wiccans and
Witches), gemstones, and many others.
AUTHOR: Donald Michael Kraig