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Much of this information is taken from A Pagan Place. Tools can be of great worth when used in rituals, but use your own judgement. If you do not know what you are doing, they mean nothing. Tools are only props, and your knowledge and intention gives them meaning.

  • Altar: a table or area dedicated for ritual work. A place to put tools and decorations appropriate for ritual. Can be permanent or temporary. There is a basic structure to where certain tools and altar items are to be set, but the nature of The Craft allows you to do as you please, whatever feels right to you. You can have a very elaborate or very simple alter, whatever fits your needs. It may change with the seasons or stay the same with limited additions and subtractions. It's your altar, you create it as you desire.
  • Athame:(Ah-THAM-ay) a small dagger like double edged knife used for the casting of the circle and other ritual workings. Rarely if ever is this tool used for cutting or any type of sacrifice. It is a tool that should be respected, and should not be used outside of ritual workings.
  • Wand: a wooden or metal rod with gemstones or crystals. It serves a similar purpose as the athame for directing energies and casting the circle.
  • Chalice: A goblet or cup. Nice to have if you are offering wine to the God/Goddess and or are using for a Goddess symbol.
  • Cauldron: a pot on three legs, preferable fire-proof. The cauldron can be used for many things. To burn things in or to hold water.
  • Bell: hand bell or chimes. This can be used to symbolize the air element. Some use it to mark significant moments in a ritual.
  • Censer:incense holder. Incense and candles to a ritual is like apple pie and baseball in describing Americana. They both hold very important roles in a ritual. The incense is burned on the censer which can be anything from the long stick incense holders to the standing cone incense holders.
  • Candles: symbolic for all directions and the God and Goddess. Can be used for spirit and specific candle magick workings. It can also be used to specify the element of Fire.
  • Pentacle: a five pointed star upright in a circle. Symbolizes all the directions and elements including Spirit. The circle is the symbol of The Mother, Goddess and Earth. It is a symbol of spiritual awareness and protection. It can be drawn in the dirt in the center of the altar or a tile with a pentagram can be used at the center of ones altar. It is used for focusing magical energies when working with items such as herbs or divination tools. It has many uses, and is highly symbolic of The Craft.
  • Besom: Witches Broom. Usually made by each individual. It is used in ceremonies and rituals. Mostly it is used to brush around the circle or sacred space. It's symbolic of cleansing. It is said to use birch or ashe, with a willow binding.
  • Deity Symbols: usually either statues, pictures, symbols, candles. Anything that symbolizes the God and Goddess. A crystal Ball can also be used to symbolize the Goddess. The God can be symbolized with a "Green Man" statue, picture, or antlers or horns. A helmet with Antlers is often used in the Gardnerarian Wiccan traditions. Try sculpting your own!

    • Tools for the directions and elements

    East/Air: Bell, Incense, feather, fan, pen(thoughts are written words)

    South/Fire: Candle, lava rock, heart

    West/Water: bowl/cauldron/chalice of water, seashells, fish figurines

    North/Earth: Plant, soil, salt, rocks, plant cuttings, twigs, leaves, animal figurines

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