Today I was helping a friend cut back his overgrown hedge and this seemed the perfect opportunity to 'make' my staff. Marian Green suggested it be made of either ash or hazel. The hedge is made up of native plants, which included both ash and hazel so I decided to take one of each!! I carefully cut out a length, about as tall as my shoulder, from branches thick enough for my requirements. I carefully trimmed off the side shoots. I chose a length which had a fork at one end. Tomorrow I will round off the edges of the fork and cut the other end to a point, so that it can be driven into the ground. If I am feeling artistic in the future, i shall carve symbols into the bark.
As the stems had been cut already, I didn't feel so guilty about taking them for my staff, but I shall make a gift to the mother plants of some water next week, when I return to complete the clearance.
Hopefully the staff I choose from my two specimens will become my altar to the Lord and Lady and I shall treasure it, in the knowledge that it has a personal significance to me and not bought in an occult shop!!
It is important to me that I keep my magical tools as natural as possible, as they would have been centuries ago. I have no need of ornamental daggers and swords and am fairly certain that the wise man or woman of the village would never have had the opportunity to possess such luxuries! A kitchen knife, a broom and a cooking pot would have served them well!
I have started my lifelong journey today and it feels good - really wholesome! Blessings be!
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