Magickal items

[Metra]

Just a week ago I went to a local holistic store just to poke around and saw some turkey feathers and read how they were used for smudging. As much as I liked them I figured it would be better to wait until I happen upon my own feathers.

Just today I decided to take my dog out into the woods behind my house. And there it was, a single turkey feather laying in the field right before the woods. I have to admit it is kind of strange that as soon as I desired a turkey feather it appeared before me in just a few days. I'm so grateful, as I believe few things are just coincidence!

Has anyone else stumbled upon magickal items too? Whether it be feathers, rocks, shells, etc? What do you currently use your magickal item for?

 

[Barleywine]

When I began doing geomancy, I decided to use small stones instead of the box-of-dirt-and-a-stick method to generate the odd and even numbers. I went on a mission to find sixteen 3/4" diameter, perfectly round (or nearly so) stones to use to draw from a bowl. It took a couple of years of wandering our local dirt roads (we do daily walks anyway, so it wasn't a hardship) but I managed to come up with them.

 

[Saskia]

I often stumble upon items I need/desire, but they are not magical, just ordinary.

Just the other day I thought I need a new"no junk mail" sign, and behold, 2 days later a friend of mine offers one to me because she bought two in a sale

Same happens with snacks etc. Sometimes at work I get peckish and almost immediately, there are either meeting leftovers or someone sharing their chocolate... it's quite funny and handy!

At one stage of my life I received everything I ever needed so promptly that I half - seriously thought I may have died and live in the afterlife. Since, I've struggled more and not been showered with similar abundance - I wonder if I jinxed myself with that thought

 

[Tigerangel]

I don't know about it being magical, but I was wanting to make a smudge stick also, I had looked at buying some feathers online but I wasn't to sure how the feathers where sourced.

So I asked spirit to source me some feathers to make my smudge stick, and a within a couple of weeks I had naturally found good quality crows feathers and also some broken branches, I took the wood home and cut of the bark down to the smooth wood, and I have the feathers in a bag.

I still need to sterilise the feathers before using them, I haven't had time to finish making the smudge stick yet, but to me finding these things was a magical experience even if it not a magical item.