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.

Pairs Well With

King Solomon Oil – 1 oz; Goetic Circle Poster; Gold Bordered Pentagram Altar Cloth

Lore

The black-handled knife of the Key of Solomon was to be forged on the day and hour of Mars and quenched in the blood of a black cat and the juice of hemlock, according to some versions. Most modern practitioners simply consecrate it with fire, water, earth and air.

What You Receive

With a classically designed, stainless steel leaf-shaped blade, this Athame has a black, faux-wood handle that leaves it with the impression of being a huntsman’s knife, and comes with a sheath. It measures approximately: 9.5″ with 5″ blade. 6 3/4″ – 3 1/2″ blade.