What do you use for a wand

[norseman]

Only if your image of a wizard includes waxed jackets and denims plus Goretex boots. Although I do have a wolf's head "helmet".

That rocks, my idea was right.

it can be anything you want. i use my carnelian wand.

i kind of like the idea of a staff.

[Jenny Crow]

My wand is made from an apple branch. I believe that it's important for a practitioner to know the properties of the wood that their wand is made from. For example, apple symbolizes peace, fertility and plenty. It's also a good wood to use when working with the fae.

A wand is more gentle than an athame, an athame commands whereas a wand invites.

Jenny Crow

I use only incense sticks I make by myself. I use them in healing, to draw a signs. I like it burning, I like working with fire.

[DragonSpirit]

I am personally attracted to willow woods^.^ But whatever you feel strongly towards can be your wand.

I have always found it curious that, considering that I feel a strong connection to trees, I have never felt comfortable using a wand, lol!
I always use an athame, as that is what I connect with the most when it comes to casting a circle or raising energy......I have been working on a staff, however, intermittently, for a couple of years now....not sure if it will ever be completed....or maybe it is simply waiting for the proper time.....

[DragonSpirit]

Not everyone feels comfortable with wands your enegies must agree with the tools. I love athames aswell but unfortunately i had gotten rid of all mine once i had turned to Christianity.. and i regret giving up all my items..

I have more often used a rod. Like a staff, but only like 3 feet. I have had a few that were more like guides than tools. I don't think I've used a wand since I was a kid! I also have a sort of ceremonial knife that I sometimes use (particularly if I need to draw in the ground) but it is not an actual knife (as I have bad history with knives), it is a piece of driftwood that I found at the coast, actually, that is twisted and comes to a dull point. That one does seem more like a special tool.