Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law
Having learned about the keeper of the wands from magicians who are longer alive; and later making the connection in Liber 65, Chapter One that it was connected with extremely serious magical gestures concerning the raising of the wands when persisted with over a period of time - being a certain magical current manifesting a duty for a Hierophant, I have decided to give the preliminaries of this magical gesture that involves, at least eventually, a very serious Magical Gesture and ongoing Great Work. Yet the preliminaries are all that shall be openly revealed for the Magical Gesture that is given in chapter one of Liber LXV is beyond nearly all of those who would read this - a Keeper of the Wands on the plane that a Supreme Hierophant of Initiation of Aeons would be aware of - not to mention how the mere Adept perceives - and pointing out that a Master of the Temple would in turn not see from the same perspective as well. Having stated this, I will show you which hallway to enter to begin...
The wand is traditionally an object of magick that is used as a focus for a concentrated, energized act of will. Ordinarily, the wand corresponds to fire & volitional; and yet a Druid Priest will tell you his oak wand decorated with jewels is for divination & healing. In such a scenario, his attribute to water or earth is truth for the symbolism of that particular wand. We do not argue with the differences in symbolism between an object from one culture to another; for each wand from each culture has its own line of logic that will correspond perfectly to the operation; be it generic or specialized.
We define an 'object' as a specialized, consecrated, complex of energy that was created for the purpose of manifesting magick for a magical gesture. Many such objects are merely generic in use and nature; and others have a special purpose that was originally used for an operation; and then infused with the the elements for general work. The most popular object is the wand; and those who have worked over a long period of time accumulate many wands; and are naturally given the title of the Keeper of the Wands.
You can either make a wand of your own; or find a wand maker to view his or her wares; and decide upon one that you deem appropriate for your aspiration with regards to the gesture. Many wand makers will create a wand in accordance to your instructions; and then quote a price - usually reasonable in ratio to the importance of its use for your work upon the path. After all, if a wand maker tells me it will cost $200.00 for a wand that you really need to unlock an ancient gateway or even create a new gateway; surely you're not going to haggle over the black egg.
Yet many wands are easy enough to create on your own. Certainly, the wand & the staff in the Greater Key of Solomon are simply finding the branches in the wood that are reasonably straight, are in a condition for peeling the bark without insects erupting, and some time sanding, whittling, and sanding some more will produce a fairly decent looking object of magick. After sanding, all you have to do is paint the wand & staff; and carefully paint a few sigils along its stem. Before you begin the painting after you have sanded & whittled; my habit is to consecrate the object with Abra Melin oil using the words from Liber AL as I rub the oil into the wood. Of course, the wand in Liber A you can have cut in a hardware store since copper pipe is used for its stem.
Here are two examples of how wands are created; and their history, magical properties and care is up to the keeper of the wands to pass on to whoever they magically deem consistent with the will of the individual; and the magical gesture of the moment. A group of magicians that I will not name names nor location of many years ago created a special wand to manifest a very powerful magick. They improvised ceremonies of the elements into the wood wand; in an attempt to make it work extremely powerful magick on phenomenal existence. The wand worked well enough after three steady months of work; and the force of the wand was very apparent to even the amateur clairvoyant. One of the magicians had an idea to create a ceremony that would open a gateway to an even more powerful infusion of volition over phenomenal existence; and with an exciting inspiration of pragmatic magick did the ritual with his fellow magicians; and then buried it in the earth where the magick already infused in it, and the directed force of the ceremony would cause it to absorb the primal force of earth to make it more and more powerful as it was buried to grow with this energy. Of course, an Adept might tell you that this wasn't necessary; and to simply use copper but the effect of the wand was not only startling that it actually began changing the city simply by remaining in the soil apparently radiating a magical current. Thus, such a wand are buried by magicians in an area create a center of force; and the area that they are in, if in a populated area always seems to correspond eerily to the ceremony that it was used with. Another group of magicians that I will not name names nor location created a special wand that was supposed to magnify the clairvoyance to see distant places in the cosmos. Sort of a magical telescope that canceled the light of the past; and saw distance planets and stars the way they really are. A normal telescope seeing into the reaches of outer space only sees the past. This wand had an icicle shaped rock crystal on its tip; and a small crystal ball on its end. The stem was made of brass as a conductor of astral light. The clairvoyant would grasp with both hands the stem of the wand holding the icicle shaped tip to the sky. The images therefore within the small crystal ball would show events & images as they were occurring; rather than a normal telescope which is limited to the delusion of light travel.
The point of the above two examples is emphasize that to be a keeper of wands is not to be an ordinary collector. A witch I knew in New Orleans collected statues of owls. Yet when inquiring of her the magical connection she simply liked to collect owls. This is clearly not the point of a keeper of wands who is learning how the many variations of wands work different symbolism and magick. No doubt, a keeper of the wands will know each wand, what it is supposed to manifest; and is not so frivolous as a coin collector, or a collector of antique clothing or a mundane stamp collection.
One of the most powerful ceremonies that involves the raising of the wands eventually arose from the Keeper of the Wands; and of course only an Adept can understand how the very aeons revolve and each Word manifests with definite purpose into the next Word. Having revealed the magical secret I will end this essay by fighting dirty; and not including the actual ceremony.
Love is the law, love under will