Path: typhoon.sonic.net!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.magick,alt.paranormal.spells.magic,alt.occult.methods,alt.magick Subject: Re: Ritual Daggers/Knives ('Athames') References: <2VLFb.36482$xB5.18111@bignews1.bellsouth.net> <1g6ehb6.1oe841kmkdzh0N%baird@newstaff.com> <3FEE0DE9.CCE8D96D@luckymojo.com> From: nagasiva Reply-To: spam@luckymojo.com User-Agent: nn/6.6.0 Lines: 47 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 00:47:45 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.201.242.18 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sonic.net X-Trace: typhoon.sonic.net 1072572465 208.201.242.18 (Sat, 27 Dec 2003 16:47:45 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 16:47:45 PST Xref: typhoon.sonic.net alt.magick.tyagi:43004 alt.magick:363131 alt.occult.methods:635 50031227 vii om Tweendays!!! sri catyananda : > As for symbolism, i don't resonate with using a symbolically > sharp instrument that has been deliberately dulled. However, i > personally use a Tibetan purbu (a triangular-bladed so-called > "demon dagger") -- and those are made with dull edges, so i am at > least sticking to the "as-made" paradigm. is its primary focus distribution, directing, pointing? > In addition to my purba, which i have owned and used as an > athame for 30 years now, i also class as an athame the "magic > screwdriver" we use in the Lucky Mojo lab for many of the things > listed above (not package opening, though) and which also has the > added use of packing herbs, seeds, and roots down into > small-mouthed bottles. I've enjoyed using that screwdriver also, and noted its power and form in similarity to my letter opener. > Nice ASCII art! thanks! :> > The naming of one's ritual tools is an old-time tradition > associated with weapons that Tolkien mentioned in LOTR and the > Hobbit and that fans of Tolkien from the science fiction / > fantasy community certainly popularized in then-nascent > Neo-Paganism in the 1960s. and Arthurian swords and magical chalices? there's the Spear of Destiny, the Book of Power (in a variety of manifestations), and of course the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch. :> post-Tolkien DnD players placed a good deal of emphasis on names and distinct personalities of magical objects, weapons and gems in particular, and this was also a reflection of the 'eyes' or amulets of other fictional mages. >> right now my athame has fudge all over it. >> I suppose this might imply XI' workings. :> > > LOL! You Scorpio! :> lorax666