Dedicating Your Tools
These are suggesttions for dedicating your tools prior to their first use or formal
consecration, if any. Perform these with proper
visualition and ritual intent.
1)The Magick Knife Or Sword = Rub
the blade with fresh basil, rosemary or oak leaves,
at sunrise, outdoors where you will not be
disturbed or seen. Lay sword or knife on the
ground with its point to the South. Walk clockwise
around it thrise, scattering bay leaves
over it. Take up the sword or knife, standing
facing East, and holding it upward but with
arms lowered, invoke the God to infuse your knife
or sword with his strength. Point it at the
sky, invoke the Goddess to charge your blade with
her love and power. Wrap your knife
or sword in red cloth and take it home.
2)The White Handled Knife = Early in
the morning, go to a forest. Choose the most
beautiful
and vibrant plants. Touch the point of the white-
handled knife gently to these in turn, forging
a connection between your knife and the plants.
Next, sit on the Earth. Ensuring you are
quite alone, draw a pentagram with the knife's
point on the ground. It is done.
3)The Wand = If the wand is made of
wood, take it outdoors at sunset and rub it with
fresh
lavender, eucalyptus or mint leaves. Raise it in
the air towards the East and invoke the Goddess.
At sunrise, take it again outdoors, rub with
fresh, gragrant leaves and invoke the God by
raising
it to the East.
4)The Pentacle = Place the pentacle on
bare Earth. Lay upon it dried parsley, patchouli,
mistletoe or fresh jasmine or honeysuckle flowers.
Sit absorbing the Earth's energies. Then
pick it up and scatter the herbs or flowers to the
four quarters, beginning and ending in the North.
5)The Censer = Fume pure rosemary,
frankincense or copal within the cencer prior to
its first
use. Do this for about an hour.
6)The Cauldron = Take the cauldron to a
stream, lake, river or ocean. Gather the leaves of
some plants growing nearby. Dip the cauldron into
the water to fill it. Place the leaves in
the cauldron, then set it on the waters edge where
it is on both water and sand. Place your hands
in the cauldron and dedicate it to the Goddess
using any words you like. Empty and dry the
cauldron, and return home.
7)The Cup = Anoint the base with
gardenia, rose or violet oil and fill with pure
spring water.
The set afloat a sprig of ivy, a small rose, a
fresh gardenia or some other appropriate flower
or herb. Gaze into the cup and invoke the Goddess
to bless it. You might also wish to take it
outside at night, fill ti with water and catch the
Moons reflection within it.
8)The Broom = It can be fashioned from
an ash staff, birch twigs and a willow binding.
Brush
the broom with chamomile, willoe, lemon balm,
elder or mallow stalks and branches, then
bury these with due solemnity. You might also wish
to carve a crescent moon upon its handle.
9)The Crystal = On the night of a full
moon, rub the sphere with fresh mugwort, then take
it
outside. Hold it up so that it drinks in the light
and energies of the moon. Gaze at the moon
through the crystal by holding it before your
eyes. Repeat at least thrice yearly for the best
benefits.
10)The Book Of Shadows = Sew into the
cover of the book leaves of the sacred herbs
vervain,
rue, bay, willow or others if you wish. They
should be well-dried and secretly placed by the
light of the moon.
11)The Robe = If you choose to wear
one, lay it among sachets filled with lavender,
vervain
and cedar when not in use. Sew a bit of rosemary
or frankincense into the hem while
fashioning it.
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