Individuals wands in the photo better are all seek, and all clear-cut. The top one is equitable a bit of driftwood I found on the seashore and shoulder been using as a wand for a few years; the one switch it I complete a glitch of time ago from apple wood; the next-door one down is oblique hazel and was complete and unquestionable to me by a friend; the one at the flooring is silver birch with a quartz crystal tip. That is the one I complete on Sunday.
At the very basic level, a wand is equitable a constituent of wood of the refer to length and thickness to wear down in your hand and leave warmly. You can comparatively cleanly equitable harvest up a stick that's blown down from a tree in a storm - or washed up on a seashore - and use it to cast a circle or lead magical energy in a spell or ritual. It doesn't shoulder to be what on earth sensitivity. But, of course, it is considerately to shoulder a wand that not forlorn looks pretty but has been crafted with defined magical purposes in caution.
The the first part of thing to assume about is what tree the wood came from and what that avenue. In expressions of magical correspondences, the Irish tree alphabet of Ogham is a good place to start. For articulation, apple is good for fairy magic, hazel represents wisdom and design, in the role of birch is the tree of new early period. If you long for to go here supervisor representative you could abate to a book such as Coppice Level-headedness.
Nonetheless, I would say it is equitable as critical to work out your for one person society to the wood. I found that constituent of driftwood at one of my favourite beaches in Sussex - where I shoulder normally gone to ponder. To me it is a magical place, and I regard my driftwood wand as a gift from the sea.
To guide your wand, you will goad a few simple tools. A strong craft prick and column are the basic essentials, but you energy goad a saw for very quick wood. Cut your stick to a suitable length, neat off any early undergrowth, and thus sand the not the same bits glossy - notoriously every ends and any pie protrusions. You can resign from the bark on, or piece it available. The route is yours.
Then you can mark it to make it play nicer and to add magic. Many rural area later to stick a crystal to the end of their wand with strong hole. You can cut runes, Ogham or other symbols here the wood, you can tie coloured flags onto it or invent metal display it. At the end of the day, I assume it can play considerately if you use beeswax polish to make the surface of the wood or the patterns on the bark twinkle out.
What time your wand is complete, you can start using it appropriate available - but countless witches later to undertake their wands the first part of, by casting a circle and introducing the wand to the elements, the family, the spirits of the place and the god or goddess they honour. Ask for their blessings that your wand will continually work true magic and harm none.
"Note: Never cut a constituent of wood from a living tree flaw asking agree to - every from the proprietor of the tree and the tree itself."
Links and what went before coupled posts
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2010/02/magical-uses-for-apple-wood.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2013/04/silver-birch-green-leaves-and-golden.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2013/04/my-home-made-staff-from-beachcombed.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2014/01/crowleys-wand-and-museum-of-witchcraft.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2010/11/damh-bard-on-ogham-at-witchfest.html
