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The magical weapons are the implements of ceremonial magic: the wand, the cup, the sword and the pentacle (or disk) of the four elements, together with the lamp. Each is both a tool and a symbol (the wand for will and fire, the cup for the emotions and water, the sword for the intellect and air, the pentacle for the body and earth), and the four elemental weapons echo the four suits of the tarot.

The Solomonic grimoires describe many more implements still (the ring, the oil, the bell and others), and give detailed instructions for making, timing and consecrating them, and the modern magical orders elaborated their symbolism into a full system of the practitioner's equipment.

In ceremonial practice the weapons are not merely props but focuses of the operator's intent and expressions of the elemental forces they represent, and their construction and consecration are themselves ritual acts. The four elemental weapons in particular map onto the elements, the tarot suits and the directions of the magic circle.

The atlas gives each weapon its element, its use, and its symbolism. The four elements the weapons correspond to are treated in the element category, and the wider practice belongs to the ceremonial-magic section.