I was standing in front of a panel of instructors, teachers. It was an interview. They were sitting in chairs in a circle around me, raised on a platform I had a large knife in my hand that I’d just cut open a pineapple with and I was licking the juices from the sides of the blade. One of the instructors smile and averted his eyes, “You have no idea what that looks like”.  A chuckle went around the circle and I laughed.  “No, you’re right it is very phallic!” I told him as I licked the other side.  “But that is why we use the blade in magic.” He raised his eyebrows as did several other of the instructors.  “Oh?” he said, pulling out a notebook to take notes. “Yes, I said.  Sure the knife or the wand is supposed to be an extension of the arm to direct magic, but they are also a representation of the phallus which sows the seed for creation of Life.  I stand in a Circle, which is more than just a two-dimensional shape, it is a sphere which surrounds and encompasses me.  I call on the Power of Air, Fire, Water, Earth and Spirit; Above and Below, God and Goddess. All of these Elements go into creating the sacred space in which we work magic.  All of these Elements spin in this sphere of Creation.  All of these Elements focus inward to the center.  And what is in that center? I am.” I said, placing the palm of my hand on my heart. “I stand in the center of this Sphere of Creation that I have raised. I am the axis mundi. I am the heartbeat. I am the Creation and the Creator.“