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Athame


 Also known as ritual knifes, athames are black-hilted knifes carried by witches for ceremonial purposes.


 Supposedly having magical properties of its own, the athame always has a black handle and often bears magic symbols on the blade.


 In neo-pagan witchcraft the athame is used only for casting the circle at the beginning of rituals  —  thus establishing the magical space within which rituals are performed  —  and never for cutting. No attempt is made to keep it sharp, though often great care is taken to make it artistic.


Other older traditions use the knife as much as possible in the belief that its power increases with use. The athame is associated with the element of fire (in some traditions, air). The athame is also used in many invocations, evocations, calling the watchtowers, LBRP (lesser banishing ritual of the pentagram), spellwork, ceremonies, initiations, and various rituals and rites. At the climax of the ritual at which wine is shared, the athame is often plunged into the chalice of wine (symbolic of the sex act).


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Sources: (1) Spence, Lewis, An Encyclopedia of Occultism, Carol Publishing Group; (2) Pickering, David, Cassell Dictionary of Witchcraft, Cassell Academic; (3) The Encyclopaedia Britannica Eleventh Edition Handy Volume Edition, Oxford University Press.

 
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