Tools of the Craft:
The Consecration

As a first step, we should do a physical cleansing of the object, careful to correct every tiny manufacturing defect we might find, as well as dirt or dust it could have. As we do this, we must visualise all the negative energy the object might have leaving it. Once it's free of these, we can move on to the next step, that is the consecration ritual.

To do this, we place whatever we're going to consecrate on the pentacle, and touching it with our projective hand, and using the name and material of the tool, we say (for instance, if it's a sword):

After this we charge it, rubbing it in a single direction and visualising that it soaks in our energy; we pour some salt, pass it through the smoke of the incense, through the candleflames (or over them) and then pour some water, each time calling the elementals to consecrate it. Some authors suggest the use of a drop of the user's blood mixed in the water to strenghten the bond between user and tool. If we choose to do this, we must be VERY careful: a single drop taken from a finger, using an asceptic needle bought at a chemist, will work.
When we're done, we raise the tool with both hands, saying:

We lower the tool, and we can start using it.

This ritual was taken from "Wicca: A guide for the Solitary Practitioner" by Scott Cunnigham, based on the consecration of ritual implements found in the "Key of Solomon".

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