Charging Your Magickal Tools

[Flar's Freyja]

Received the following information in an e-mail and no threads on this topic came up in a search, so I thought I'd share it. Here are several suggestions:

Charging your tools


Tools, charms and amulets can be charged by channelling energy through mental images into the material itself.
This would usually be performed at the time of the full moon as energy is the most effectively channelled and condensed at this time. The same holds true of oils prepared in the prescribed manner at the time of the full moon.

One technique is called loading the tools, this involves placing certain herbs inside a ritual tool, typically candles or the ritual wand. You would hollow out the bottom of the candles about an inch deep with a hot metal probe, gently pushing and twisting it into the candle. Then pack the herbs into the hole and seal them over with melted wax. For the wand simply hollow out the shaft or if you desire you can hollow out the head and then glue it back in place. You can also add along with herbs crystals or a power stone.

Another technique involves brewing an herbal potion in boiling purified water and steeping the appropriate herbs in the water for about twenty minutes. Then the ritual tool may be placed in the potion. Depending on your needs you may wish to use several different potions for each tool. If you are charging an athame or metal amulet you will find it effective to heat the metal before plunging it into the herbal potion

[Flar's Freyja]

THE SOLAR CHARGE

Place the desired gem in a pan of boiling salt water for about one
minute, then place the gem under the noon sun for about one hour.

The charge: Make a tripod of dry twigs, preferably oak. Set the stand outside at sunrise with the gem nesting on top. Leave the stone in this position until 1 P.M. The stone is now charged with the sun's energy. Next filter the sunlight onto the gem through a sheet of coloured plastic or glass. The colour of the plastic will be linked to the effect desired.

[Flar's Freyja]

THE LUNAR CHARGE

This is similar to that of the solar charge, with the following
exception. Place the desired gem under the moon at 9 P.M. or midnight for three hours. On the following night use the coloured filter, this allows the magnetic energies of the moon to "set" individually with the moon, and the Zodiac sign it occupies. These energies will influence the work of the gem or tool involved. Remember to avoid direct sunlight on a lunar-charged gem.

[Flar's Freyja]

:) These are all pretty fancy, complicated methods. Remember that you can simply charge with intent, charge tools by leaving them on your altar for a while, burying them or doing a ritual to consecrate them. Scott Cunningham, Silver RavenWolf and Dorothy Morrison have some nice rituals for this purpose in their books.

[Arzhela]

Wow, this is terrific, Freyja! I especially like the solar charge.

[Flaire-FireStar]

:) Thanks Freyja.... I like the Lunar charge myself.

[Mnemosyne]

Thanks for all the info, Freyja. Does this apply to all magickal tools? I am wondering about crystals. How do you bring positive charge to crystals? I was just talking to a friend yesterday, and he was warning me about having crystals with negative charge.

Oh nevermind, I think that I know the answer. Freyja did such a lovely job with her posts. But I would appreciate any other suggestions about crystals. :)

[Flar's Freyja]

I'm by no means an expert, but I do know that crystals can have a negative charge from their previous environment or owner. The best thing to do is to cleanse them and there are several methods.....soaking them in salt water for a week (but this can damage some crystals), smudging with sage or incense or burying them in the ground.

There are also several methods of charging. Once the crystal has been cleansed, you can hold it up to your third eye with your dominant hand and charge it with the intent of what you would like it to do.

The first post is more applicable to all tools and the others may be more specific to crystals. For instance, you wouldn't want to put your athame in a pan of boiling salt water :eek:

[Flar's Freyja]

Here's a good thread from Healthy Pagan about crystal healing that might answer some of your questions, and I'll try to find some more info for you as well:

http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5991&highlight=charging+crystals

[Flar's Freyja]

Here's a site with some basic info on cleansing your crystals:

http://www.geocities.com/aqualiea_silverstar/gemcleansing.html

[Flar's Freyja]

And another with a few rituals for charging and consecrating magickal tools:

http://www.geocities.com/amberladyhawke/r.html

[Mnemosyne]

You're a star, Freyja. Thanks for the links. I appreciate it immensely. :sunny: :heartthro :sunny:

[Flar's Freyja]

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[Flar's Freyja]

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[Witchy Cowgirl]

Freyja I'm so glad I peeped in at this. Thank you.:)

[wolfspiritguide]

freyja,
i love the cleansing ideals both lunar and solar i was just wondering if u could explain the difference in them a little more and tell me what the influence of each has on the type of magic performed with the stones or semi presious gems are.

thanks Wolf spirit guide
blessed be

[The High Queen of Faerie]

Nice thread. +Bump. :)