Boline

Boline

, which in most traditions is never used for actual physical cutting, the boline is used for cutting cords and herbs, carving candles, etc. It has a small, straight or crescent-shaped blade and a handle which is traditionally white in colour. [Farrar, J. & Farrar, S. (1984). "The Witches' Way". Custer, Washington:Phoenix Press. p.262]

The boline has been adopted by several other modern forms of witchcraft including Eclectic Wicca. Among these later traditions opinions vary as to whether the boline is truly a magical tool or is merely of utilitarian purpose. Sometimes a knife called a kirfane (spellings vary) is used, for roughly the same purposes as the boline [http://www.geocities.com/athens/oracle/6992/K.html Rik Johnson. "Vocabulary of Wiccan Terms." Desert Henge Website. Accessed 25 April 2007] . This is similar to the name Kirpan traditionally given to the sacred dagger of the Sikh religion. ["http://www.searchsikhism.com/five.html The Five K's." Search Sikhism website. Accessed 25 April 2007]

, also prescribe the use of a single knife for both ritual and practical purposes. [Jones, E.J. and Valiente, D. (1990) "Witchcraft: A tradition renewed". London: Robert Hale. pp.96-97]

[
Key of Solomon: the Artano and Bolino are top left of the image.] Many of the bolines advertised in on-line 'magick shops' have a characteristic crescent shape, and are described as being for harvesting herbs. This crescent shape is reminiscent of the sickle described in the Key of Solomon, a medieval grimoire which is one of the sources for modern Wicca [MacGregor Mathers, S. Liddell (ed.) "The Key of Solomon (Clavicula Salomonis)" Revised by Peterson, Joseph H. (1999, 2004, 2005). Available [http://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/ksol.htm here] ] .. Confusingly, an Italian version of the Key of Solomon has a hook-shaped knife called an "artano" (a possible root for athame) and a straight, needle-shaped blade called a "bolino". When the name 'boline' was first used to describe the crescent-shaped blade is not clear.

References

See also

* Neopaganism
* Wicca
* Athame


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • boline — Boline, voyez vent à la Boline …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • Boline —    mitica ninfa greca che, per non cadere preda di Apollo, si buttò in mare da una località dell Acaia dove, secondo la leggenda, sorse la città di Bolina …   Dizionario dei miti e dei personaggi della Grecia antica

  • boline — bolin(e, ing obs. forms of bow line …   Useful english dictionary

  • BOLINA seu BOLINE — BOLINA, seu BOLINE oppid. Achaiae iuxta Patras. Steph …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • loo — Loo, qu on dit aussi Lof, est un terme de mariniers, par lequel ils entendent, la traicte et longueur d un navire depuis le mast jusques à un bord ou autre, comme il va à la boline, car selon le vent duquel on boline, les Escoutes de ladite… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • Magical tools in Wicca — The Magician from the Waite Smith tarot, who is depicted using the same tools that modern Wiccans use. In the neopagan religion of Wicca, a range of magical tools are used in ritual practice.[1] Each of these tools has different uses and… …   Wikipedia

  • Athame — An athame or athamé is a ceremonial double edged dagger, one of several magical tools used in Traditional Witchcraft and other pagan beliefs and religions such as Wicca for various ritual knives. It is variously pronounced /ˈæ.θə.meɪ/,… …   Wikipedia

  • vent — Vent, Ventus, Il se prend aussi en venerie pour l odeur et sentiment qu une beste laisse de soy. Fouillous au cha. 1. A cause que le cerf est de plus grand vent et sentiment que le lievre, et le sanglier a eu le vent de la gland, c est à dire, l… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • Utility knife — Boxcutter and box cutter redirect here. For the electronic music artist, see Boxcutter (musician). For season four premiere of Breaking Bad, see Box Cutter (Breaking Bad). A utility knife is a knife used for general or utility purposes.[1] The… …   Wikipedia

  • Dagger — This article is about the weapon. For other uses, see Dagger (disambiguation). A dagger is a fighting knife with a sharp point designed or capable of being used as a thrusting or stabbing weapon.[1][2] The design dates to human prehistory, and… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”