wiccans only please!?

Question

what are your tools because i am new to the religion and i dont know if i have the right or all of the tools i need can you just list your tools or maybe some you think i might need.
thanks! blessed be

Answer 1

Get a book for solitary practitioners. Email me if your still curious... Scott cunningham does a good one. I don't care for silver ravenwolf. Met her in person, kinda stagnant vibes... Please feel free to email me.

Answer 2

Basic tools:
Athame: black handled knife used to cast and pull back the circle. It is a symbol of fire.
Wand: any piece of wood that is as long as the tip of your finger to the bend in your elbow. It is an air symbol. I have used mine, occationally, to cast the circle, but generally it is used when calling the corners because of it's diplomatic Air qualities.
Cauldron: any metal or wood bowl will do. It is a symbol of Feminine water. I'm not too sure what it is mainly used for, but I used one I used to have to build up extra energy, contain/banish negative energy, water rituals, and fertility stuff. Using for scrying is highly reckomended, but I've never tried that. It is more of a Goddess symbol than an elemental tool, so while it's an altar piece, you might not use it as much as the other stuff.
Challis: a glass cup, like a wine glass. You put water in it. You can charge the water and use it to santify the circle after casting, just make sure not to break the circle when sprinkling it. Water symbol, of course. I've heard of it being used for love spells, like two people who love each other doing a chalice ritual. My wife and I did a Loving Cup ceremony at our wedding that was basically like that.
Salt: You need salt and you will need to charge it. It is an Earth symbol. I would use a smaller, shallow glass dish to put it in. I learned by reading Conway books and she has you sprinkle salt into the water after charging each and sprinkling the salt-water mixture around the inside of the circle. Some people don't like to do it that way.
Incense: Incense needs to be charged too. It is an Air symbol.
Candle: Can be charged, but you might not have to. Fire symbol.
In some systems, the water, salt, incense, and candle are all carried around the inside of the circle to santify it. Basically you carry it, clockwise, around the circle gently 'smearing' it's essence into the circle. This makes your circle attuned to the four elements and helps out. The Conway books that I learned from reduces the trips around the circle to two by combining some of the elements. This is done by using the candle to light the incense making it an Air/Fire combo and sprinkling salt into the water. Some systems use alot of tools, others just use a couple. These are the ones that I used most when I practiced alot. With proper visualization, practice at raising and directing energy and intent, and becoming constructively connected to a diety or two, you dont neccessarily need tools to use magick. Tools are good for ritual form and this can give you experience and a feel for it. I plan on getting back into using ritual form, if for nothing else than just for observances/celebrations and stuff.
The guy above me has a great point. Magick is ultimately about spiritual growth and self-improvement. Since you are learning to use a bigger stick, so to speak, the Karmic implications are greater. I would recomend reading up on the teachings of the Buddha. Buddha was a very wise man and His teachings are compatable with any system.

Answer 3

You can never have enough tools.

If you have a "witchcraft workroom" space in your dwelling, just stock up over the years. As you collect tools that may be useful, you will be better prepared for the day you start to cast free-form spells of your own design.

An experienced Wiccan is comparable to a master jazz-fusion musician. Gotta have lots of tools to drop that tasty lick at the right moment.

Answer 4

You are your best tool, as you will eventually find out. I seldomly use tools anymore, as I have found they can sometimes bog you down and get in the way of the intent of whatever it is you are doing.

However, if you are looking for a basic list of tools:
Athame/Sword/Dagger
Besom
Cauldron
Wand
Censor/Incense Holders
Candles/Candle Holders
Oils
Herbs/Sage
Shells
Sea Salt...
and the list could go on & on...

Answer 5

hapter One:Achieving the First Circle, continued
Part Three:The Five Points of Wiccan Belief

While Universal Eclectic Wicca embraces a person's exploration into his or her own religious
paradigm, we must draw a line between what we will accept as part of Wicca and what we wont.
These limits to our religious universality are The Five Points of Wiccan Belief. Within them, we
can find most of the principles of the various traditions of Wicca. These five ethics are boiled
down from many traditions, and exist in almost all forms of Wicca, although the names and
parables attached to them change from group to group. Practices that don't uphold these
standards are difficult to classify as "Wiccan."
The Five Points are:

1. The Wiccan Rede
2. The Law of Return
3. The Ethic of Self-Responsibility
4. The Ethic of Constant Improvement
5. The Ethic of Attunement
The Central belief in Wicca, the Wiccan Rede is the oldest of known ethics, the use of various
phrasings of this law in pre-Gardnerian Fam-Trads leads to the conclusion that if there once was,
as some claim, a unified pre-Christian Pagan religion, this was a tenet of it. The most common
phrasing of The Rede is "An' it harm none, do as you will," Which is often reduced to "Harm
none." In Universal Eclectic Wicca we also have an expanded reading of the Rede which is
especially helpful when describing it to people who believe in commandments and long lists of
rules. It states: "If an action will cause harm, physically, emotionally, or mentally, to another
person or one's Self, refrain from doing it. Strive to always be helpful and never willingly cause
strife or harm to befall someone. Weigh your actions against each other, would you wish your
actions taken against you? Take no action you would not wish to receive."
The entirety of Morality can be defined by the Rede, even Judeo-Christian morality. While Exodus
and other parts of the Bible list "crimes and punishments," they were intended to prevent, not
cause harm, the same purpose as any "laws." Christianity began with the idea of harm none,
even if many of its laws were misinterpreted, slanted, and later downright perverted into bearing
little resemblance to their initial statements.1.
With the exception of some of the diabolic fads, all religion is based in "goodness". Mankind is,
as a rule, comfort-seeking, and thus inherently good. A man would rather craft a warm sweater
than a sword, and we've known for years that a good deed is a far easier sell than donning
armor and inflicting one's Will. You'll attract more ants with honey, says the fable, than with
vinegar.
The Second of the Five Points, the Law of Return (also known as the karmic law) means, quite
simply, that what you do affects what happens to you. If you do good, good is going to happen
to you; if you do evil, that'll happen too. Metaphors for the Law of Return exist in every religion,
there are ancient ones and modern ones.

Answer 6

http://www.workingwitches.com/
Our College has an enormous amount of Community interaction through the use of chat rooms, and message board mailing lists.

However, You would be much better off here!
http://www.biblegateway.com/

A free service for reading and researching Scripture online, all in the language or translation of your choice! We provide advanced tools you can use to search the Bible by keywords or verse, as well as other tools to enhance your study of the Bible.

2 Kings 17
Verse 11) They did wicked things that provoked the Lord to anger.
Verse 12) They worshiped idols, though the Lord had said, "You shall not do this."

Answer 7

Your tools are an extention of your self. An experience practitioner doesn't need physical tools.

However, newbie does not equal experienced practitioner.

This link ought to help.
http://wicca.timerift.net/tools.shtml