![]() In addition to cleaning one’s house, the broom was used to cast circles and create sacred spaces, move stagnant energy, and acted as a convincing disguise when witches had to hide their wand for fear of persecution. Traditionally, brooms were made of three sacred woods: Ash for the handle, Birch for the bristles, and Willow for the binding cord. Brooms hold cleansing properties both literally and symbolically, having long been implemented in folk magic practices for purification, wholeness, fertility, and protection. ![]() It is one of the few tools symbolic of divine balance as seen in the phallic handle and the feminine bristles. The besom, better know as a broom, is one of the most common objects associated with the witch today. ![]() Aided by a psychoactive ointment of poisonous plants and animal fats, the witches would mingle with the astral realm, hooting and hollering with liberation, transcendence, and magical merriment. It was said that, during this mysterious happening, witches gathered by moonlight to fly through the night sky alongside Diana and her band of otherworldly beings. Apart from the Sabbat, the ride itself was a noteworthy event on its own that finds its non-devilish roots in the Italian cult of Diana and her lunar mythology. ![]() Night Ride is original artwork illustrating the use of flying ointments during the witches’ night ride to the Sabbat. ![]()
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