A magical staff that has intelligence. Making magical staves, wands and wands. Cave of the Inexhaustible Spring
Magic staff made of wood. The staff (stick, wand, just a stick) can be considered one of the oldest tools used in magic. Staffs and wands are mentioned as magical tools, for example, in the Welsh Mabinogion. In later times (XVIII-XIX centuries), legends and traditions about magic wands gave life to the image of the “magic wand” common in literary fairy tales.
From the point of view of symbolism, the staff is a reflection of the Tree of the World and the sacred spear of the God of Light (Odin, Lug, etc.). It is the role of the World Center that is played in a number of magical rituals by a staff stuck in the ground. It can be used to channel magical energy. It is believed that the staff is perfect for accumulating mystical power in it.
The broom is a kind of "female analogue" of the staff. At the same time, the broom is deprived of a number of staff capabilities, although it has many of its own functions. So, for example, a broom is present in women's magical rites of cleansing a place, house, etc.
Wood was the very first material from which all kinds of attributes for magical rituals were made. So, wood finds were found in the Netherlands, in Denmark, in some other European countries. The most famous of these items is a wooden sword from Arum (Netherlands), dating from the middle of the 7th century. A runic inscription is applied to the sword, which can be translated as “return”, “messenger”. It is believed that this amulet is designed to protect the traveler. Another similar object was found in Britsum, in Frisia. This is a wooden amulet dating from the turn of the 8th and 9th centuries. The amulet is also inscribed with a runic inscription, which reads: "always wear this yew in the crowd of battle." Apparently, this amulet is associated with military magic.
Depending on the type of wood, staves vary greatly in their magical properties. Staffs were made from ash, hazel, oak, yew, elder, and many other trees. The ash staff was considered magical already by virtue of the fact that such a spear was likened to the sacred spear of the god of Light, for Odin's spear, Gungnir, was made from the wood of this particular tree.
A staff of hazel serves as the best protection on the way from someone else's magic. Previously, walnut twigs were stuck along the contour of a certain territory, which provided protection from dark forces. Thus, in Scandinavia, areas for fights were fenced off so that none of the spectators could influence the course of the battle with the help of magic.
In Russia, the analogue of yew is pine.
How to make a druid staff:
1. Choose the material (wood) from which your staff will be made. The tree must be in tune with the magician.
2. Before you are going to cut a stick for your staff, be sure to talk to the tree, explain who you are and why you need a part of it. It is favorable to make some kind of offering, it can be honey, wine or incense.
3. After a positive response from the tree, you can safely chop the stick and cook your staff from it.
4. You must take a vow that your deeds will be pure and that you will follow the magic of the druids.
There are four sizes of magic wands made of wood and serving as an aid to concentration and strengthening one's own power.
Staff - about tall
Great wand - two or three cubits
Small wand - one or two cubits
"Magic wand" - about half an elbow.
The smaller the wand, the more powerful it is, and the more careful handling it requires.
Wands can also be made of metal or stone, but since the complexity is much higher, I did not even try to find out anything about it. Before starting, you need to perform a purification rite that matches your ideas. During processing, what you call fasting should be observed. Any psychotics are categorically excluded, even tobacco or coffee can disrupt your work.
For any wooden wand, “own” wood is chosen (in my case it can be oak or hawthorn), in general, preference is given to a harder breed. A young tree is selected that is suitable in thickness. For everything except the staff, a part of the main trunk is suitable only without knots. The tree is cut with a feeling of regret for the ruined plant, and the confidence that your need is worth it. A minimum of tools is used, ideally one knife, forged with one's own hand. Since it is difficult to get hold of a hand-forged knife in modern conditions, you can use an ordinary medical scalpel purchased specifically for this work.
When working, it is necessary to exclude a sense of triumph, haste or anticipation.
The magic wand, on the contrary, is made from the most clumsy and knotty (but by no means cracked and rotten!) part of the tree. Very good for such purposes is the rhizome of a tree, or, for example, the trunk of a Karelian birch. If a part of a tree was taken to make a magic wand, with full self-confidence, it makes sense to “give away” the tree - to rub a drop of blood into an incision in its bark.
The cut trunk is transferred to the place where it will be processed, and does not move to other places until the end of the work. Waste is collected, and after the end of work, they are sacrificed to forest spirits (buried under the turf in the forest with a sense of gratitude).
All processing is done in a state of permanent meditation on the material. Hurry, distraction for random things, attempts to speed up the work by risking spoiling the material are categorically excluded (not even the attempts themselves, but reflections on this topic, that is, if something can be scraped off, or it can be cut off, but accuracy in the latter case cannot be guaranteed, then there should not even be any doubt that it should be scraped). It is best to work in the forest or in the country. The work is done at one time exactly as much as in the buzz. Whenever there is a desire to work, you need to do it, even if this work will consist of two movements.
The bark and cambium are peeled off the trunk, in the case of a staff, knots are cut off and scraped off (not to smoothness), defects are cut out. The staff may then be finished at any time, but it is recommended that you at least scrape it carefully and lovingly.
For the rest of the wands, the upper (according to the growth of the tree) end is sharpened, the lower is rounded. The lower part of the wand (for which it is then held) is scraped across the fibers. At this stage, the workpiece should no longer have any corners or cuts. By this time, the workpiece may crack lengthwise due to drying, this is normal.
On a magic wand, both ends are rounded.
Processing should be interrupted, and play with the resulting object. You need to feel it as your own, find a comfortable position for it in your hand, love it, become attached to it. From now on, the workpiece should always be kept with you, at least in the area of attention. The feeling at the same time should be such that you acquaint him with yourself, with your life, with your habits, emotions.
Further processing is the main difficulty. Part of the wand, except for the place you hold on to and the point, is covered with a pattern. It does not make sense to “cover with a pattern” the wand. Scratches are applied to it in those places that, according to the sensation that has appeared, "they want it." Some of them may be small, some will “require” a deepening, sometimes up to a quarter of the radius (I didn’t have one, though). Scratches are applied with a knife point held in the fingers (by the way, it must be sharpened only by hand), and require a firm hand. When working, there should be a feeling of conversation, a conversation with a rod.
A small wand requires a pattern several times thicker and finer than a large wand, but sections of the initial surface should remain on it as part of the pattern (in this case, probably, the magic wand should be entirely carved). If a crack has formed on the wand, then with the same knife (but not very hard, otherwise it will crack) annealed copper, and even better silver, should be hammered into it, to the very surface.
For a magic wand, another type of pattern is preferable - a continuous, non-self-intersecting, open line covering as large an area of the magic wand as possible. If you manage to apply it in one stroke from beginning to end... However, I doubt that you will succeed.
There is no need to demand European accuracy from the staff, it should have in its shape a reference to the original shape of the barrel, it should not be either perfectly smooth or perfectly round, the metal hammered into the slot should not look like a seal, it is simply stored there, although if it is not will look clumsy, then this is correct.
Unfortunately, I can’t describe the covering with a pattern in more detail, as it happens in deep meditation. The work should have an internal impression of a process in itself, one should not feel concern for the result, even some nostalgic pity that, behold, another part of the work has been done is permissible.
At the same time, he must be introduced to the world, that is, shown to them in the sun, moon, stars, trees, while intensely feeling his attitude to the objects shown. It is not required to show ALL, and also to name names. Only that attitude to which you consider worthy of being noted.
The pattern is applied until you are sure that you cannot add a single stroke more. By the way, various symbols that you might have seen before may well come across in the pattern, it is absolutely necessary to determine exactly whether your subconscious mind is playing around, or just because the scratches lay down. The first is bad, the second is normal.
There are so many symbols that they can be found in anything, there is no need to be afraid of them or strive for them, they are always secondary when interpreted by a person.
Having applied the pattern, it is required to polish the wand with a cloth and river sand. Whoever has never done this - I warn you, do not press, otherwise you will scratch. By the way, it is better to sift and / or rinse the sand. Only the pattern is polished, the handle has already been processed with a knife by this time, and the point must be ironed with a knife.
Polishing should take place in a joyful (but not violently hysterical) mood, and this should not make the movements abrupt.
By this time, the wand will make you feel the need for initialization (activation? consecration? I'm bad with the thesaurus lately), which consists in completely emotionless immersion of the tip into something. In my case, it was night water, but it could be earth, and wine, and milk, and a living body (God forbid, human), and sewage. If required, the next day the point is wiped with the same rag that polished the wand (by the way, did I say that this should be a natural fabric from your old clothes?), Which can be buried with bark and sawdust, or can be thrown away or destroyed, at your discretion.
The initialization of the magic wand looks a bit more complicated. First, one of its ends is immersed in something, then (the time interval does not matter and is unpredictable in advance) its other end is immersed in something else, something opposite in properties to the first. At a glance, the phrase is somewhat clumsy, but if you take up the manufacture of a magic wand, then at this stage everything will be clear to you.
The knife must be sharpened at the end of the work, and ... that's it.
If by that time you do not know what to do next with the wand, then I must have explained something wrong.
My respect, wise sorcerer. Heard you were thinking about the transience of time?
So it is, warrior, thought about time.
*The sorcerer's face brightened with memories.*
Having lived to deep gray hair and looking back, I do not torment my soul with regret. Each passing year gives me new knowledge and reveals the mysteries of this world to me. My strength is in the accumulated wisdom. Hmm... Time is given for the benefit of living beings, but it is not so merciful to other realities.
*Elder pulls staff forward.*
Look, the magic staff is deteriorating. Witchcraft flows out of him like water through a crack in an earthen jar. I need a new staff. But today you will not find wood as good as the one from which my old wand was made.
Where are you going to find material for a new staff, venerable sorcerer?
In the Fortress of Exiles. Hmm... I see the astonishment on your face, warrior, but listen to me. I need a staff, fanned with magical power, which will gracefully absorb new spells and will faithfully serve me. What I'm looking for is in Kofur, who has been subjected to a terrible curse by the vizier mage who lives in the Fortress of Exiles. His staff meets all my requirements, warrior, I need to get it. Only such a brave warrior, whom I now see in front of me, can take the magical artifact from Kofur itself. I ask you to go to the dark fortress and get the staff of the accursed vizier.
Your goal: Go to the Fortress of the Exiles and, after killing the Vizier Mage Kofur, get a staff for the sorcerer.
Reward: 20000exp, 5 55 Elixir "Earth's Grace" 1 pc., or Scroll "Earth's Grace" 1 pc., or Talisman "Earth's Grace" 1 pc.
The quest "Magic staff for the sorcerer" has begun for you. Good luck!
17:55 After defeating Kofur in a hard fight, you received Kofur's Dark Staff 1 pc.
17:55 Player Triumvirator received: Kofur's Dark Staff 1 pc
mound of weepingSorcerer Arnabag
Hmm... Dark spells saturated the artifact, reviving in it an unknown ancient power, the power of evil. Until this spell is released from the staff, I won't be able to control it.
How are you going to do this, wise sorcerer? Is it really possible to cleanse the staff of evil spells?
You will help me with this, warrior. The finger of fate points to you. Listen... If you release the dark spell from the staff, they will bring a lot of trouble and destruction in Faeo. Evil cannot be released. Therefore, I urge you to go to the God of the Dead and the Damned and offer him to take the power of evil lurking in the artifact. He is greedy and strive for power, he will not refuse such a generous gift.
Your Objective: Perform the Staff Cleansing Ritual at the Altar of Darkness near the Vassal Crypts. Then return to the sorcerer.
Vassal CryptsAltar of Darkness
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Ritual of Cleansing the Darkstaff of Kofur |
Mortal, you must be desperately brave or stupid if you intend to deceive me! How dare you?! I see self-interest in your act! By giving me this gift, you, mortal, benefit for yourself too! But I will forgive your arrogance if you prove that you are ready to serve me. Lay on the altar a dead heart and 5 servings of kadhasa bile. Then I will accept the staff's dark spell as a gift.
Your Goal: Place a Dead Heart and 5 Jars of Cadhas Bile on the Altar of Darkness.
Vassal CryptsAltar of Darkness
The battle "Assault on the Triumvirator" has begun.
Suddenly, you heard a piercing whistle. Huge Varragna, smelling the dark spells of the inhabitant of the Fortress of Exiles from a few miles away, rushed to the defense of the staff. Reflect the attack!
Immediately after the end of the dialogue, Varagna attacks 4100HP, hit 100-140
The battle "Assault on the Triumvirator" is over.
Vassal CryptsAltar of Darkness
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Warragna attack repulsed |
For magical, occult, spiritualistic and various other rites, a staff is definitely needed. It is necessary to enhance the power of spells, creating a more concentrated, directed and effective flow of energy.
Of course, it is possible to do without a staff, but it is the use of it that allows you to be sure that the spell and rite will be carried out most successfully.
Material selection
To make a staff, it is permissible to use a variety of materials, but, of course, wood is a priority. Options using metals or stone as a material will not be considered in this article.
The first step is to choose what type of wood will be used for this. There are no wood species generally accepted for the manufacture of a staff. The fact is that the best choice would be to make a staff from the wood that the manufacturer prefers, whether it be spruce, mountain ash or acacia. In addition, there may be a choice between several suitable breeds. In this case, preference is given to harder wood.
The basis of the staff and its processing
Next, you need to find a small tree that will need to be cut down, and then processed and made, in fact, a staff. After finding a suitable tree, about the size of the manufacturer's height. Cut down a tree for this purpose with a conventional tool. Preference is given to a hand-forged knife. But not everyone is able to forge a knife, so it is acceptable to buy a knife or a medical scalpel specifically for this - and no more - purpose.
It is necessary to cut down a tree, before bringing some compensation. As compensation, you can bring your own blood to the rest of the trunk. Just a couple of drops and the confidence that the death of a tree will bring only good, that the tree will not die in vain.
Next comes the processing of the future staff. During this process, impatience, haste, inattention are unacceptable. First you need to cut the knots from the future staff with the same knife. Next, you need to clean the bark from the workpiece. If there are irregularities, then if desired, they can be eliminated with sandpaper. The next step is to round off the ends of the staff.
On the upper end of the staff, if desired, for the greatest gain, you can install any tip. It can be made from iron, silver, gold, precious stones or crystals. However, this can cost a lot of money, so this article will not be considered.
In addition, it is worth individually using sandpaper to narrow the grip area if necessary. So the staff will be more convenient to hold, use it. It must be processed under your hand, and therefore from time to time try how comfortable it is to hold it.
Applying signs.
The tree, despite its good ability to conduct energy, cannot be used without special magical signs. They should be applied neither with paint nor with a pencil, but cut out. To do this, use the same knife that has been used all this time. It is necessary to apply signs everywhere except for the place of holding and, retreating from five to ten centimeters from the ends.
The pattern may contain Scandinavian runes, inscriptions in Latin or various pentagrams, hexagrams. If you want to strengthen the staff, you can pour a little molten copper into the cracks.
After applying the pattern, it is better to hold the staff in your hand, turn it around, in general, get used to it. If you feel inconvenience due to the drawing, the inconvenience should be eliminated. After that, the staff must be covered with a transparent varnish, preferably twice.
Everything, the staff is ready. Now, depending on the types of magic and rituals performed, it is worth “consecrating” the staff. If the goal is necromancy, then it is advisable to walk around the cemetery with a staff on a full moon, stick it into the cemetery ground. If the staff was created for light magic, sprinkle it with holy water while saying prayers. For dark deeds it is necessary to sprinkle the staff with blood.
Magic Wand
If a large staff causes inconvenience for rituals, then it should be replaced by some analogues. As a substitute for the staff, you can use a large and small wands, as well as a magic wand.
There are two types of wands: large and small. A large rod should be up to three cubits in length from the manufacturer (Under the elbow is not meant the elbow joint, of course, but the area from the wrist to it). The small wand must not exceed two cubits in length. In their manufacture, they almost do not differ from the original version - the staff.
However, in the application of the pattern, they differ. The smaller the staff, the smaller the patterns need to be done. For example, if the rod is one and a half cubits in size, then the patterns should be applied half as much as on a rod with three cubits in length.
Making a wand is much more different than making a staff. For a wand, you do not need to cut down a living tree, you need to find a dry, but strong, if you want, then a slightly crooked branch. You can find such a branch, or you can cut it down and dry it yourself. It should be quite thin, and the size of one cubit.
The pattern on the stick is applied quite small. After applying the pattern, it is enough to cover it with only one layer of transparent varnish.
Since ancient times, magicians and sorcerers have used additional items in their work. Depending on the direction in which the specialist works, the magical attribute, which is partly the source of power, may vary. For some it will be a ring, for others a knife, for herbalists it will be a bottle of seeds. Some warlocks use skulls and bones in their rituals. Witches often wear beads and bracelets made from natural stones. However, there are several items in the everyday life of magicians that are familiar to us.
We are talking about a magic wand or a magic wand. It should be understood that this item can be both a gift from the Higher Forces, and a hand-made amulet. The entire production process is a sacrament and requires maximum concentration. On the other hand, after you make a wand or wand, you will need a series of manipulations with the "object of power" to fill it with energy.
Do not forget that you can start making a wand only after receiving a blessing from the Power with which you are working. Blessing is required both before the start of production and after. The filling of a magical object with power must be carried out on a pre-selected day, corresponding to all the canons of the Teaching, within the framework of which you practice magic.
There are four sizes of magic wands made of wood and serving as an aid to concentration and strengthening one's own power.
Staff - about tall
Great wand - two or three cubits
Small wand - one or two cubits
The smaller the wand, the more powerful it is, and the more careful handling it requires. Wands can also be made of metal or stone, but since the complexity is much higher, I did not even try to find out anything about it. Before starting, you need to perform a purification rite that matches your ideas. During processing, what you call fasting should be observed. Any psychotics are categorically excluded, even tobacco or coffee can disrupt your work. For any wooden wand, “own” wood is chosen (in my case it can be oak or hawthorn), in general, preference is given to a harder breed. A young tree is selected that is suitable in thickness. For everything except the staff, a part of the main trunk is suitable only without knots. The tree is cut with a feeling of regret for the ruined plant, and the confidence that your need is worth it. A minimum of tools is used, ideally one knife, forged with one's own hand. Since it is difficult to get hold of a hand-forged knife in modern conditions, you can use an ordinary medical scalpel purchased specifically for this work. When working, it is necessary to exclude a sense of triumph, haste or anticipation. A magic wand, on the other hand, is made from a tree rhizome, or, for example, a trunk of a Karelian birch, possibly more clumsy and knotted such targets. If a part of a tree was taken to make a magic wand, with full self-confidence, it makes sense to “give away” the tree - to rub a drop of blood into an incision in its bark. The cut trunk is transferred to the place where it will be processed, and does not move to other places until the end of the work. Waste is collected, and after the end of work, they are sacrificed to forest spirits (buried under the turf in the forest with a sense of gratitude). All processing is done in a state of permanent meditation on the material. Hurry, distraction for random things, attempts to speed up the work by risking spoiling the material are categorically excluded (not even the attempts themselves, but reflections on this topic, that is, if something can be scraped off, or it can be cut off, but accuracy in the latter case cannot be guaranteed, then it should not there can even be doubts about what should be scraped off). It is best to work in the forest or in the country. The work is done at one time exactly as much as in the buzz. Whenever there is a desire to work, you need to do it, even if this work will consist of two movements.
The bark and cambium are peeled off the trunk, in the case of a staff, knots are cut off and scraped off (not to smoothness), defects are cut out. The staff may then be finished at any time, but it is recommended that you at least scrape it carefully and lovingly. For the rest of the wands, the upper (according to the growth of the tree) end is sharpened, the lower is rounded. The lower part of the wand (for which it is then held) is scraped across the fibers. At this stage, the workpiece should no longer have any corners or cuts. By this time, the workpiece may crack lengthwise due to drying, this is normal. On a magic wand, both ends are rounded.
Processing should be interrupted, and play with the resulting object. You need to feel it as your own, find a comfortable position for it in your hand, love it, become attached to it. From now on, the workpiece should always be kept with you, at least in the area of attention. The feeling at the same time should be such that you acquaint him with yourself, with your life, with your habits, emotions. Further processing is the main difficulty. Part of the wand, except for the place you hold on to and the point, is covered with a pattern. It is precisely the sensation that “they want it” that has appeared that makes no sense. some of them may be shallow, some will “require” a deepening, sometimes up to a quarter of the radius (I didn’t have one, though). Scratches are applied with a knife point held in the fingers (by the way, it must be sharpened only by hand), and require a firm hand. When working, there should be a feeling of conversation, a conversation with a rod. A small wand requires a pattern several times thicker and finer than a large wand, but sections of the initial surface should remain on it as part of the pattern (in this case, probably, the magic wand should be entirely carved). If a crack has formed on the wand, then with the same knife (but not very hard, otherwise it will crack) annealed copper, and even better silver, should be hammered into it, to the very surface. For a magic wand, another type of pattern is preferable - a continuous, non-self-intersecting, open line that covers as large an area of the magic wand as possible. If you manage to apply it in one stroke from start to finish... However, I doubt that you will succeed. There is no need to demand European accuracy from the staff, it should have in its shape a reference to the original shape of the barrel, it should not be either perfectly smooth or perfectly round, the metal hammered into the slot should not look like a seal, it is simply stored there, although if it is not will look clumsy, then this is correct. Unfortunately, I can’t describe the covering with a pattern in more detail, as it happens in deep meditation. The work should have an internal impression of a process in itself, one should not feel concern for the result, even some nostalgic pity that, behold, another part of the work has been done is permissible. At the same time, he must be introduced to the world, that is, shown to them in the sun, moon, stars, trees, while intensely feeling his attitude to the objects shown. It is not required to show ALL, and also to name names. Only that attitude to which you consider worthy of being noted. The pattern is applied until you are sure that you cannot add a single stroke more. By the way, various symbols that you might have seen before may well come across in the pattern, it is absolutely necessary to determine exactly whether it is your subconscious that is playing around, or just scratches lay down. The first is not good, the second is normal. There are so many symbols that they can be found in anything, there is no need to be afraid of them or strive for them, they are always secondary when interpreted by a person. Having applied the pattern, it is required to polish the wand with a cloth and river sand. Whoever has never done this - I warn you, do not press, otherwise you will scratch. By the way, it is better to sift and / or rinse the sand. Only the pattern is polished, the handle has already been processed with a knife by this time, and the point must be ironed with a knife. Polishing should be in a joyful (but not violently hysterical) mood, and this should not make the movements abrupt.
By this time the wand will give you a sense of the need for initiation lies in the completely emotionless immersion of the tip into something. In my case, it was night water, but it could be earth, and wine, and milk, and a living body (God forbid, human), and sewage. If required, the next day the point is wiped with the same rag that polished the wand (by the way, did I say that this should be a natural fabric from your old clothes?), Which can be buried with bark and sawdust, or can be thrown away or destroyed, at your discretion.
The initialization of the magic wand looks a bit more complicated. First, one of its ends is immersed in something, then (the time interval does not matter and is unpredictable in advance) its other end is immersed in something else, opposite in properties to the first. At a glance, the phrase is somewhat clumsy, but if you take up the manufacture of a magic wand, then at this stage everything will be clear to you.
The knife must be sharpened at the end of the work, and ... that's it.