Athame

The Athamé is a Dague or ritual Poignard used at the time of the ceremonies and magic rites of the Wicca.

Presentation

Preferably, the blade should be pointed and with double edge and the handle, of wood, horn or bone should be black. The wire of the blade is not necessarily cutting because the use of athamé remains mainly Symbolique. These physical characteristics are advised but are not nevertheless obligatory, the choice of one athamé is left with the tastes or the financial possibilities of each expert.

Use

According to the esoteric tradition, athamé must be " consacré" before use. The Rituel S of dedication are variable of a " école" with the other.

Athamé has many ritual uses. It is in particular used to delimit the magic circle, to trace various symbols or signs on various supports or in the air (for example the Pentagramme S), to channel magic energies (following the example famous " Magic wand "), to mix the ingredients of the potion S, or to push back the " Demons " , " Phantom " or others " bad esprits" importunate at the time of the various ceremonies and practical Wicca.

In that, the use of athamé can be compared with that of the Phurba Nepalese. Moreover many are the wiccans which, by esthetic taste and for its traditional functions, choose a phurba as athamé.

Values symbolic systems

Athamé represents the male principle of the horned God (in opposition or rather in complementarity with the cauldron, the famous " cauldron of the sorcières" , representing the female principle of the Large Goddess). It also represents the elements Feu and Air and is associated with the cardinal Point is during the delimitation of the magic circle.

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