A witch’s whisk is a smudge wand made from blackberry twigs which is bound at one end with red thread forming a handle. The twigs at the unbound end are sprayed out making it look like a whisk. Burn the whisk to consecrate ritual space, to cleanse, protect or uncross a building, room, pathway, object or person. The smoke from the whisk can also be used to chase away evil spirits.

Cecil Williamson, famous English witch and once owner of the Boscastle Witchcraft Museum wrote this about witch’s whisks:

“Witch’s whisk made of dried out blackberry stems and with the end bound to form a handle. Here in the south west when a witch decides to make magic she first selects a spot or place where she will work, be the chosen place inside or out. The next thing to be done is that of cleansing the chosen spot of all evil forces. This is where the bundle of blackberry twigs comes in. She sets a light to the twigs and with them smouldering, burning and making smoke, she dances and weaves her way in and around and around over and over again. So this is one might call it: ‘a witch’s devil scarer’.”

This listing is for one witch’s whisk – smells like burning herbs or wood

Size: 11 cm long

$4.00 CAD