I have been thinking lately (Dangerous pastime I know!) about how things were done in the past and how we are supposed to do them now, and what tools we use. Modern witches must haves include besom/broom, cauldron and athame/knife, because they are the traditional tools; I put my hand up to owning them myself: I probably have a dozen cauldrons of various sizes, shapes and metals, mainly because I am a bit of a magpie that way.
Does anyone stop to consider why? Going back a few hundred years everyone had a knife for eating with. All homes had a cauldron to cook the food in and similarly a broom was the only way to sweep the floor. If an old-time witch had a vacuum cleaner, would she have been happy to use that to clean her space? (Indoors of course!) and if she had saucepans and a modern stove I'm sure she would have happily used them to boil up her potions. I for one think so.
Moving on, I like to sew, and have read that if making something incorporating magic it should be sewn entirely by hand, reciting the spell as you go. Me, I do some hand stitching where the technique requires it, but everything else is done by machine, and I defy anyone to say you can't sew magic into something like that! It requires a lot of concentration to use a machine, my hands are on the fabric at all times, and any spare brain cells are focused on the recipient of my creation, and the love and intent I am stitching into it.
I am happy being a witch in the modern world, using modern technology alongside older techniques in my magic; how about you?
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