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| | Glossary - ExWitch Australia (formerly 'Born Again Pagan Ministries') |
 | | Most Traditions of Wicca recognise the use of eight Working Tools (Sword, Athame, Boline, Wand, Pentacle, Thurible, Scourge, Cords), which in some Traditions are all presented to a Witch on their 1st Degree of Initiation, whilst in others only the Athame is presented to the 1st Degree Initiate. |
 | | The Athame is a fl-handled, double-edged dagger or knife employed to draw or cast, and to consecrate, the nine-foot Magic Circle within which a Pentagram may be laid and cosmic powers concentrated. |
 | | Regarded as the most important tool of a witch, the Athame is generally placed on the Altar, though in some Traditions (such as that practiced by my old Coven) may be worn in a scabbard slung from the waist. |
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