Filled under Miscellaneous on 20 November 2015 01:19 Written by Tarot-Website.net
An Athame or Atham is a ceremonial dagger used in the religion of Wicca and is also used in various other neopagan witchcraft traditions The athame stands as one of the four elemental tools in Wicca traditionally standing for fire as does the ritual sword The other three elemental tools are the wand the pentacle and the cup or chalice These four magical tools correspond to four 'weapons' of significance in Celtic myth - the sword the spear the shield and the cauldron and or grail The same four ritual tools also appear in the magical practices of the western