Lignum Vitae Wand Traditional Length

The hardest, densest wood in the world, lignum vitae means "long life" in Latin language.  This tree is also called the "Tree of Life" as well as "Iron Wood."  The wood is so dense and heavy, that it will not even float in water. It comes with a long history and legend.  This naturally green wood has been used for time untold in construction due to the fact that it is so hard and dense.  Because it has a large amount of resin within it as well as its density, it is naturally lubricated and was used as ball bearings on ships. Lignum vitae is reddish brown when freshly cut, with pale yellow sapwood. As it oxidizes, the color turns to a deep green, often with black details. The grain is highly interlocked, making it difficult to work with edge tools, but it machines well and takes a high polish.

The greatest legend about this wood is that Merlin the wizard carried a staff and/or wand made from lignum vitae. This legend appears in both literature and ancient writings about the legend of Camelot. The energy within the wood is perfectly suited to a great man such as Merlin.

Lignum vitae exudes a brown colored resin that has a pungent taste and has therapeutic as well as non-remedial uses. Amongst the various non-medical utilities of the resin, one extremely remarkable use is founded on the fact that when it is blended with any alcoholic solution, the color of the resin changes to blue when it is exposed to bloodstains.

A very natural magical wood, incredibly strong and very positive. Works very well with solar cycles and energies although it is more associated with the Earth element. This wood has a profoundly positive energy and the overall energy of the wood can be summed up as "the power and strength of goodness".  Its strong connections with the sun, Jupiter, and luck energy make the wood an ideal tool for any worker of positive magic. The energy of the wood is very healing, in both physical and spiritual matters.  The energies within the wood are also excellent for divining information. This wood represents the end of strife and the beginning of a new, positive cycle.

Magical properties: healing, strength, divination, spirituality and protection. 

Lignum vitae favors those who are wise beyond their years, strong-willed, witty, cunning, true, diligent, hard-working and akin to spirit. Those with this wand type are usually destined to become legendary, famous and do great things in life, as was the case with Merlin himself. Strangely, this wand type has no known association with the moon despite its potent abilities in the water element. This wand type is extremely potent in elemental magic, particularly in elemental earth spells and elemental water spells.