1425 – Witch Wand with hexagram

Physical description:

Wand with red and black shaft and black hexagram.

Museum classification:

Ritual Magic

Size:

1000 x 100 x 30

Information:

This is not a Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn wand (even though it looks like one).  This is a witch's version of a Golden Dawn wand.  The colours are wrong for the Golden Dawn and it has not been inscribed with the Latin motto of its maker (which it would have been if it was a consecrated Golden Dawn object).

This is a version of the Golden Dawn Wand called a Hexagram Sceptre or the Cancellarius’s Wand: ‘symbol of perfection and balance’ Israel Regardie (this wand is yellow see: object no 1413)

See archive document below for more details.  

Archive Document Number: 7297 (typed interpretation panel written by Cecil Williamson):

Summary of content:

Two witch wands copied from the instructions laid down in the rituals of the Golden Dawn, one in the form of a Maltese cross and gold circle, the other in the form of a black star. Both hand-made by Mary Sims of Cheltenham, and presented to the one-time museum of witchcraft at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire.

 

The other wand referenced is much more like an actual Golden Dawn wand, it is a version of a Praeomstrator's Wand (see object 1414).  The interpretation card above suggests that this wand had a Maltese Cross and gold circle.  There is no gold circle in the Golden Dawn design (another 'mistake'?)  The object in the Museum collection no longer has a gold circle around it either but its construction suggests that it is a partner for this wand.  See object number 944.

 

The image below is taken from Kenneth and Steffi Grant's book "Hidden Lore: Hermetic Glyphs" in the Museum library.  This is what Golden Dawn wands should look like.

 

Resource:

Object

Materials:

Wood, metal

Copyright ownership:

MWM

This is not a Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn wand (even though it looks like one).  This is a witch's version of a Golden Dawn wand.  The colours are wrong for the Golden Dawn and it has not been inscribed with the Latin motto of its maker (which it would have been if it was a consecrated Golden Dawn object).

This is a version of the Golden Dawn Wand called a Hexagram Sceptre or the Cancellarius’s Wand: ‘symbol of perfection and balance’ Israel Regardie (this wand is yellow see: object no 1413)

See archive document below for more details.  

Archive Document Number: 7297 (typed interpretation panel written by Cecil Williamson):

Summary of content:

Two witch wands copied from the instructions laid down in the rituals of the Golden Dawn, one in the form of a Maltese cross and gold circle, the other in the form of a black star. Both hand-made by Mary Sims of Cheltenham, and presented to the one-time museum of witchcraft at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire.

 

The other wand referenced is much more like an actual Golden Dawn wand, it is a version of a Praeomstrator's Wand (see object 1414).  The interpretation card above suggests that this wand had a Maltese Cross and gold circle.  There is no gold circle in the Golden Dawn design (another 'mistake'?)  The object in the Museum collection no longer has a gold circle around it either but its construction suggests that it is a partner for this wand.  See object number 944.

 

The image below is taken from Kenneth and Steffi Grant's book "Hidden Lore: Hermetic Glyphs" in the Museum library.  This is what Golden Dawn wands should look like.