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Originally Posted by David
Sorry Jim, but this is patently incorrect. Every member of a coven or magical lodge would indeed own their own personal athame or ritual dagger. Ceremonial lodge pactitioners (Golden Dawn, O.T.O) would also be expected to own a personal ritual sword as well as a dagger.
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No problem David, and thank you for the clarification. I was trying to apply the comment broadly to include other examples outside Wiccan covens and related groups as well as Tantric Buddhists and others. Obviously there are specific differences as pertains to weaponry. I do know that fraternal orders and brotherhoods of course have thier own swords such as Freemasons and many others. I would imagine in these respects it would be better to address each group separately , but my main point was that belonging to these groups and owning a ceremonial weapon is different than being an active collector of weapons, the two not necessarily related.
All the best,
Jim