{"id":9742,"date":"2018-08-19T21:26:19","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T03:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=9742"},"modified":"2018-11-04T15:35:42","modified_gmt":"2018-11-04T22:35:42","slug":"pentagram-pizza-with-magic-wands-serves-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=9742","title":{"rendered":"Pentagram Pizza with Magic Wands (Serves Five)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Years ago I made a wand of alder wood cut somewhere up Ute Pass, west of my Manitou Springs, Colo., home.<\/p>\n

And then I made a fancier one in Craft class, a dowel with an iron rod running through it and silver wire wrapped around the handle.<\/p>\n

I pretty much guarantee that if you stand a few yards away, close your eyes, and hold out the palms of your hands, you will be able to tell when the wand is pointed at you.<\/p>\n

Anne Johnson, blogging at The Gods Are Bored, <\/em>has something to say about wands.<\/p>\n

How to Make a Magic Wand<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Harry Potter series made magic wands kind of popular and trendy, but wands have always been around. There are two kinds: ceremonial wands and working wands. Today, Teacher Annie is going to tell you how to make a working wand!<\/em><\/p>\n

How Do Magic Wands Work?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Before I address the complicated question of how magic wands work, I feel like I should offer my credentials as a Pagan, so you’ll know I’m not a phony or anything. I see faeries. I worship vultures. I am crackerjack at explaining weird dreams.<\/em><\/p>\n

Magic Wands and Romantic Love<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

So now we find ourselves at perhaps the #1 reason that young people want to try wands and spell work: love! Of course! You need supernatural help to get that certain someone to look your way! Okay. Before you do, please read the following cautionary tale. I didn’t write it. My good friend Anansi the Trickster Spider God didn’t write it either (although He wouldn’t mind taking credit for it).<\/em><\/p>\n

Magic Wands and Why You Need One<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

If you’re a regular tourist on this site, you too might want to consider making a working wand. I’ve been writing “The Gods Are Bored” since 2005, and I’ve been alive a lot longer than that, and I have never known a time when I was more in need of a magic wand.<\/em><\/p>\n

Read the series and learn what to do with that wand on the shelf \u2014 or how to make a new one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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