Re: A Druid's Staff Daven daven@priest.com Wed Mar 13 10:18:17 2002 Taliesin2 wrote,*br*: How does a Druid go about making a staff for one's *br*: self? Is there any instructions available in the *br*: ancient texts? Thanks. :-)*p*I don't know about ancient texts, but I have seen references to many different ways to go about this.*p*I saw one (probably fantciful) about taking the nine sacred woods and making a kind of laminated staff from them, bound with Iron, but as I said, that was probably fictitious.*p*I have seen instructions in one book, but it's from Llewellyn, dealing with Lammas so many may not like it. It, however, is a good examination of that holiday and the only reference I have ever seen that explains why a staff in terms that make sense.*p*Basically, one takes an ashen pole, consecrates and dedicates it, and one may carve symbols and/or other writings on it. You can also use a forked staff, and use it as a Stang rather than just a staff.*p*The reason for this (according to Lammas by Anna Franklin and Paul Mason) is that the staff represents the world tree and connects the holder to all three worlds at once, the here, the heavens and the underworld of death.*p*Other than that, I have seen no references on how to make a specific staff nor what to do. I would think it would be up to the individual practitioner and their preferences.*p*Daven A Druid's Staff Taliesin2 1026 Mon - Jan 28 - 11:38am 207.65.28.2