Bardistry Wands

Bardistry Wands I craft magic wands by hand for ritual, cosplay, and decorative purposes. I had covered it in runes and it was very potent and very special to me.
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Each piece is unique, being made from harvested tree branches, and each carrying a story of the ancient world. I started making wands for myself in college, and rune pendants for fundraisers for our pagan group. My favorite was one I made of Beech wood, from a tree called "El Arbol de Su Sueno" (The Tree of your Dream). A few years later, I found my brother's dog eating it. I was crushed, but when

I look back, losing that wand was a beginning, not an end. I made myself a new wand, and realized that making wands was something that felt very good to do. I realized I could sell these. Drawing on my devotion to my goddess, I worked my bardic path into the craft, and created my first wand meant for sale, inspired by a Scottish folk tale of Angus and Bhride. I took it to the local New Age shop, and after a couple weeks it had been sold. Bardistry Wands was born.

06/09/2019

The fire pit. Used for spells and Manifesting.

05/08/2019

What should I do with this WIP? Stain? Gold leaf? Runes? Comment below.

05/07/2019

Some of my wands are now available at Rainbow Stew in Yucca Valley! Pay them a visit.

04/26/2019

The Brothers Carada and Malo

04/25/2019

The Philosopher

04/19/2019

Got some new epoxy. Now I can finish some projects that had stalled.

04/19/2019

Remembering Love and Light Language

Attune to the Soul - Source knowing 💕
*Gratitude to a sister who allows me to share this custom piece publicly 🙏 💕
The mind is a powerful thing.
The ability to imagine, connect and create and communicate with All and all.
Allow the heart to cocreate with the mind.
Allow the mind to silence and listen
then merge with the excitement of the heart and Manifest 💕

Nalinee
Private energy sessions and light language art@ https://soulconnectionsnalinee.com

04/19/2019

Starseed Universe Love & Light

🙌🏽💖🙌🏽

04/18/2019

Shifting into the Fifth

04/18/2019

Anarchist Beauties

~Luna
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04/18/2019

Photos from Bardistry Wands's post

04/17/2019

Goddess Wand

04/16/2019
Gods&Radicals - Pagan Anti-Capitalism

Gods&Radicals - Pagan Anti-Capitalism

If you're American and/or not deeply versed in Pagan history, you're probably hearing lots of people mention that Notre Dame was a Pagan temple before and are maybe wondering about this, whether it's true, and why it was like that.

Since it's one of my favorite historical subjects, I'll explain what I know.

Most churches in Europe older than 600 years were built on former Pagan sites. This was actually official church "policy." Popes (especially Gregory "the great") specifically ordered that new churches be built on old Pagan sites. In some cases, wood and stone from the old sites (temples, groves, etc) would be used partially in the church.

The idea was that it would be easier to convert people to the new religion if it seemed like the new places were merely continuations of the old.

They didn't come up with idea, though. It's what the Roman Empire did, too. They often re-carved old statues and standing stones with new images to fit their imperial religion, also changing the names of local gods to make them Roman. This is a lot like what the Catholic Church did with saints, many of whom had Pagan roots or were pagan gods.

So most of the oldest churches in Europe actually have two (or more) layers of Pagan sites below them: one Roman pagan on top of an "indigenous" (or pre-Roman) one.

The best know example of this is in Paris: Notre Dame, which was a temple to Jupiter during Roman conquest and a smaller shrine (suspected of being a goddess shrine) before the Romans conquered and built their own temple.

Incidentally, there's another church with two much older Pagan sites below it, except it was only consecrated one hundred years ago (1919). That church is the basilica of the sacred heart (Sacré Couer) on Montmartre, and is dedicated to "expiate the sins" of the Paris Commune.

The hill it's on, Montmartre (the red-light district where the Moulin Rouge is), was once a Roman site dedicated to Dionysos and Mars, and before that it was a Druid mount.

So even though the last official Pagan worship on the place ended more than a thousand years ago, people are *still* building Churches on Pagan sites.

From a Pagan perspective, this makes complete sense (even if we'd rather see the old temples and groves back). Because places don't stop being sacred just because the buildings on them are destroyed. It isn't the humans who make it holy, it's the spirits of the place and the land itself.

Sacred sites are places you can communicate with gods easiest, "wells of power" or "crossroads" or "places where the veil is thin" or however else you want to describe it.

So whatever the dominant religion, even if it's a "secular" one, it makes sense for the religious buildings to be in those places and not elsewhere. And even if the people choosing the site aren't aware of the theory behind it (but the Catholic Church is a lot more magically-adept than most people give them credit for), they unconsciously sense this truth.

So anyway, Notre Dame is burning. But the place was sacred before, and the building isn't what made it sacred. So mourn the loss of art and the destruction of a symbol, but don't mourn the loss of the sacred: it's not going anywhere.

(From Rhyd Wildermuth)

04/16/2019

Photos of Nightshade

04/15/2019

I'm back, Witches!

06/17/2017
Rewilding America

Rewilding America

Cultural and ecological commentary from William Hawes

04/25/2014

Beltane is approaching! Who's ready for summer?

08/28/2013
Walk Softy and Carry a Big Stick by Shanah on Etsy

My Wand of the Druid has been featured in this Etsy treasury!

As darkness creeps in with shorter days...there are some forests we would rather not stray, and others prone to glorious adventures!

08/17/2013

Haha! Very true.

08/16/2013

I still prefer "Fluffy" but this is awesome.

Damn son, even The Gods got a sense of humor. You feel me dawg?

08/15/2013

Fionn on Samhain Eve

08/14/2013
Mystery and Magic

Thanks to the folks over at https://www.facebook.com/MysteryAndMagic for promoting me and my shop!

This is a page about the Deviantart group "Mystery-and-Magic" where all the members can share their pages and works, be informed about the latest news and contests of the group. All are welcome to join!

08/13/2013

The Scrying Pool

08/12/2013

Wood: Palm
Grip: Jute Cord
Length: 6"

https://www.etsy.com/listing/154676233/serpents-horn-handmade-cernunnos-horned?ref=related-0

Cernunnos, the Celtic lord of beasts and nature is one of many horned gods this world has known. No written myths or legends of him exist, for the Celts kept an oral tradition, and many think that he was too sacred to write about. Though there are no ancient tales of him, his image is very striking, and lends well to new stories of him; stories which may all be valid if they ring with truth.

This athame is carved from a palm scale, and is about 6" long from point to pommel. The obverse has a carving of Cernunnos, and the reverse an image of two of Cernunnos' most iconic symbols: the torc of authority, and the ram-horned snake who is his constant companion. The god's appearance in the shape of a man with deer antlers, accompanied by a creature that combines the ram and the snake shows that this god presides over all animal life, from human down to reptile.

It is speculated that Cernunnos is also a god of death and dying, as an extension of his role as god of the hunt. In the Wiccan calendar, the Horned God dies and is reborn on a yearly basis. The coiling of the snake, and the curling of the ram's horns both reflect the god's cyclical nature. He is the hunter and the hunted, the living and the dying, and the one who must die so that others may live.

08/11/2013
Wand Crafting Tips from Bardistry, Part 2

The second installment in my Wand Crafting tutorial.

Words of Warning You are working with dangerous tools.  Make sure you take care of them, and yourself.  Injuries can occur doing this.  I recommend always having someone nearby in ca...

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