Watchtowers: Wiccan Traditions

My answer for this question was “the 'towers' so to speak that are at each cardinal point representing the elements. Some traditions use them, some do not.” Some people misjudge this word, and even the search bar does it for the Jehovah Witness's publication that they put out, however, it is “The Watchtower” and this is talking about the plural Watchtowers. The watchtowers are where the watchers or guardians live. The guardians can be a wide range of things depending upon your tradition, also depending on the tradition is how many. Where most Wiccan traditions only have 4 watchtowers, the Enochian tradition has 12 - 16 for astral cities, and 4 for the ends of the universe. For some traditions the Watchtowers contain fairies or dragons, or even …show more content…
As Gerald Gardner did borrow from them as well when he was creating the Wiccan tradition. Enochian magick also uses the watchtowers, they have many as discussed in the previous paragraph. Hermetic Traditions also use the watchtowers, in the sense of the Enochian Magick. The Wiccans call the Guardians from the watchtowers during ritual, and usually release them afterward when the ritual or spell is complete and they are taking down the circle. Usually called in each direction is: in the North you have the Gnomes, in the East you have the Sylphs, in the South you have the Djin, and in the West you have the Undines. The importance of the term itself is that sometimes people mistake it for a publication or for a structure that you have to …show more content…
My guardians differ from the usual guardians that are thought of for each of the elements, as I resonate with different animals more and find that they have a place in my circle, so I would call upon them depending upon the element and the direction. A wolf in the north where earth is, a raven in the east where air is, a dragon in the south where fire is, and a unicorn in the west where water is. The wolf because it is one of my favorite animals, and they are known for protecting their own. As well as for their connection with the earth and being a pack animal. When you do magick, one should strive to do so along with the Divine Will and not just because we want it. It may not be the right course for us. The raven because it is one of my favorite birds, and they are known for their intelligence and for their communication which is what some of the correspondences are for the element of air is. The dragon because dragons are known to breath fire, and it is on of my favorite mystical animals. Though I am pretty sure that they have existed in some part of the world and was driven to extinction. The unicorn because they are known for wisdom and healing as water is known wisdom and healing. As well as being my other favorite mystical animal that I truly believe exist in this world and we just can't see them anymore because of the magic that they