Description

Origin & Traditional Use

An athame is a ritual knife, traditionally black-handled and double-edged, used in witchcraft and ceremonial magic to direct energy and command spirits. It is not used for cutting physical things.

Uses in the Work

Use it to cast the circle, pointing the blade at the ground as you turn, and to point to each quarter as you call the elemental demons. Direct energy into a candle, talisman or sigil by holding the blade toward it, and trace sigils in the air. It represents the masculine principle and is joined with the chalice in the symbolic Great Rite. Keep it consecrated, wrapped and used only for ritual. Soapstone is soft and cool to the touch, a natural stone suited to earth and ancestral work.

Pairs Well With

Black Tourmaline – 1 lb Tumbled; Selenite – 1 lb Tumbled; Black Obsidian Scrying Mirror 6″

Lore

Celtic knotwork, with no beginning and no end, symbolises eternity and the interweaving of worlds. Soapstone has been carved into bowls, seals and figures since prehistory because it is so soft.