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The Witch’s Blade – Some Athame Basics [Bronwen Forbes]

Monday, December 7th, 2009

I am currenlty configuring our new store and recently added some of our Athame stock to the store, I was surfing Witchvox (something I do regularly) and came accross this very good article on the Athame. I hope you enjoy it.


The athame – the tool that some say is the most important for any practicing Witch or Pagan, and the one most misunderstood by law enforcement and other non-Pagans. What is the athame? How do you pronounce “athame”? Should it be sharp? What’s the difference between an athame and a boline? Where can you get one? How can you safely take your athame to a ritual not at your house? And just which of the four elements is it supposed to represent anyway?What is an athame?

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