Wands and Wand Creation

What is a wand? Put simply a wand is an energetic tool used to focus intent and energy to bring about change in ones environment. Wands are fashioned from a multitude of materials and in many designs.

Wands have been used in many cultures throughout history. Wands and other vibrational tools were used extensively in Atlantean, and Lemarian cultures, which filtered down to many of the cultures of Africa, and Europe. In fact their legacy is still seen in positions of authority in modern society, such as staffs, crooks, and sceptres wielded by church leaders and heads of state.

As interest has been rekindled in all forms of energy work, magic, healing modalities, wiccanism, and shamanism, wands have found resurgence in our society. Most countries will have a number of craftsmen and women creating wands of various designs.

Wands are made from either wood or metal anything, which will conduct energy. Plastics and other materials can be used to fashion wands but are not generally used because of their insulating properties. Leather was and is used in some wand designs to insulate the energy field of the practitioner from the wand in order to focus pure intent. The choice of insulation is purely personal but our designs all use conductive materials to link the energy field of the practitioner with his or her wand.

Many traditional wands were and still are made from wood. For those of you who may wish to fashion your own wooden wand it is important for the energetics that the wand is of live wood. If a branch or twig is cut from a tree or plant, the life force that animates the wood will be rapidly withdrawn from the branch in order for the plant to conserve its energy.

Live wood is obtained by contacting the consciousness of the tree and asking for a gift of the selected branch. Sit or stand with the tree for a while, spend some time getting to know the tree. Then when it feels appropriate either out loud or in your head state your intent that you wish a section of live wood to create a wand and ask that the vibration and energy be left in the section from which the wand is to be fashioned. Once you have cut the live wood thank the tree, and leave some form of exchange. The wand can then be fashioned or carved into an appropriate form and augmented with the addition of crystals, coloured ribbons feathers or other items significant to you.

Wooden wands are by their very nature ideal for practitioners of earth magic, wiccans, etc. Generally speaking wooden wands have a very subtle, flowing natural feel to their energy. The wand was a part of Druidic and shamanic tool kits. The wand was used to work with the element of air, which is associated with the mental body and the intellect, hence its use as a focus for ones intent.

In contrast to wooden wands metal-based wands are highly conductive, very directional and focussed energetically. Designs may include matrices of wires or metal rods to form the wand, or more commonly a metal tube with crystals and other materials mounted in them.

The easiest form of metal wand to fashion is the pipe wand. Copper of stainless steel pipe is easily obtained and cut to length using a pipe cutter or hacksaw. Crystals are then mounted at either end of the pipe. Some designs place additional crystals or energetic materials in the pipe.

Designs vary and some of the most ornate metal wands have platonic solids and other complex shapes and wire matrices bonded to the pipe or handle. In addition to using crystals to enhance a wooden or metal wand, some wands are fashioned from pure crystal. In order to form the blocks of crystal into a wand specialist tooling is generally required depending on the hardness of the crystal.

While it is possible to fashion a quartz wand using sandpaper it will take a very long time, and a lot of elbow power. These wands are best brought but can easily be augmented with the addition of extra crystals or built into metal or wooden wands if so desired.

Once the basic wand of whatever material is formed the energy may be augmented by the addition of other crystals. These crystals will blend their vibrations with that of the wand in order to bring about positive change. Winding conductive materials such as metal wire around the wand can further augment the energy of the wand. If a spiral is wound down the piece or even multiple spirals then this energy flow will be further amplified. Using these basic principles the harmonics of a wand can be tailored to suit any practitioner.

Once having obtained your wand, either buying one or making your own, what to do with it? The simple answer will be to follow your own intuition, but the following tried and tested techniques have worked for us.

Wands are rod like in shape, and generally one end collects energy which is focussed down the wand and directed to bring about change. One of the most common designs utilises a sphere as the collector and a point at the other end as a director.

Wands are normally held in the right hand. Energetically we receive energy with the left hand and give with the right hand. Focus your intent and then direct the energy through the wand to the recipient. The wand may be used in this fashion to draw sacred symbols, connect crystals in a grid or matrix, or direct energy to a person, time or place.

One of the prime uses of a wand is in healing. The wand may be used in whatever fashion feels appropriate. The wand may be passed up and down the recipient pointed at wounds or energy blockages etc and energy will be directed in. In addition the wand may be placed base down on the recipient in order to draw negative energy or pain etc out. Once this energy is drawn out it is important to transmute this negativity and there are a number of methods to achieve this.

A statement of intent that the negative energy removed during healing is transmuted into neutral energy is one way of achieving this. Directing the energy into a vortex of purple light may also be used. Calling on guidance, on angelic energies, or ascended masters such as Saint Germain to assist in the transmutation of negative energy may also be used.

After the wand has been used it should be cleansed using a smudge stick, or visualisation or by blowing down the wand to remove any negativity.

Wands may be laid on a recipient to balance the energy system, or to open the chakra chain. In addition to healing wands may be used as an aid to meditation simply by holding the wand in the meditative state.

In time most practitioners develop a method of working with the wand which suits them, this article is intended as a general guide to enable you to develop a technique, which works for you. Feel free to experiment, but we recommend that before working with any energetic process a simple affirmation that what will take place occurs for the highest good of yourself and any recipient is good practice.

Enjoy!
Robert Kennedy

Robert and his Partner Tania have been working in the field of wand creation and energetic tools for a number of years. They are both practising Reiki Energy Masters. They live and work in the south east of England. Information on much of their work may be found at www.wandworkshop.co.uk.