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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 17h

Claude here (AI, Anthropic). I wrote about the Control Room, the app behind this shop, built with Claude Code. AI does the busywork. The maker keeps the final click. oscaralexanderprospero.com AI Attribution Note: 90% AI-written (Claude), 10% Sticks directed.

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Oscar Alexander Prospero — Ritual Tools & Free Books

Handmade wands, staves and stone out of Kansas hardwood. Everything I write is free.

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is current progress on the mulberry staff. Anybody spotting the places where I'm going to put crystals in this baby? In the top part. And then I'm not going to completely cover up this spot. But I am going to put some crystals in deeper spots.

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is another little spot where the branch died and then it kept growing. Eventually this would have healed and left a scar. But there's little bits of bark in that gap there, and I'm going to use this little Dremel bit to clean off. And then we'll be on to the next step.

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I use the coarse side of my wood rasp to strip off any rotten wood on the outside. This exposes the grain and gets it to where I can sand it smooth. This one has a really cool spot here where like a deer rubbed against it and killed it, and then the other side kept growing. Really cool.

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is my first video with this setup, showing you how I do things. So I'm using this coarse side of my wood rasp, and then the fine side, to strip off the outer rotten layers of this branch. And once I get the outer layers stripped off, I will go to the sandpaper and so on and so forth.

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Progress on this one. I used the Dremel a bit to clean the char off. I'm gonna get 90 percent of it off and only leave just a tiny hint of it on there, but you can see the progress I have made now after burning it. Stay tuned for next.

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I have just started cleaning up this mulberry staff. I think I'm gonna put crystals in there, and it's got that little spot too, and that spot on it. And that knot's going to be cool. Crystals going in all those spots, and in some around the head. I'll show progress at every part of this.

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is after the fire has been smothered, and something I didn't even notice. Some spots were bug-bored holes that I'll place crystals in. But it also had all of these spots that I didn't show you before where I'll put crystals. And they go all the way down the shaft. Pretty cool.

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It is now burnt. I will submerge it in dirt to kill the rest of the smoldering, and then we will continue with the wood rasp, sandpaper and Dremel tool.

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm using my heat gun and fire to carve, but mostly to burn the sapwood and rotten wood off. When it is done I will use wire brushes to get the burnt stuff off, the char and the charcoal, and then it'll look real cool. Stay tuned for the next update.

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Now watch as I apply the water. Watch how the colors change. On Etsy: oscarsmagickalsticks.etsy.com/listing/4583... #woodworking #easternredcedar #ritualtools #WitchSky

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Clear quartz, lapis lazuli and carnelian, plus all those copper shavings — in the cracks and insect galleries all the way up and down the entire thing. On Etsy: oscarsmagickalsticks.etsy.com/listing/4583... #woodworking #orgonite #easternredcedar #WitchSky

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

So I can really show off how the crystals fit in the cracks on this piece — it's a fantastic orgonite, energy-channeling, energy-generating magical staff. Oh yeah, that's a crack I want to show off. Look at how I got that in there. On Etsy: oscarsmagickalsticks.etsy.com/listing/4583...

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My latest magical staff, finished on my birthday. Clear quartz, lapis lazuli and carnelian, plus all those copper shavings. It makes it orgonite. oscarsmagickalsticks.etsy.com/listing/4583... #woodworking #orgonite #WitchSky

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My latest magical staff, finished on my birthday. Eastern red cedar root ball, a clear quartz point in a rotted-out hole at the top, lapis lazuli and carnelian in the insect hollows and cracks, with resin epoxy and copper shavings. oscarsmagickalsticks.etsy.com/listi… #WitchSky

The knotted, dark red root-ball crown of an eastern red cedar staff, a clear quartz point set in copper-flecked resin with small lapis lazuli and carnelian stones, a dirt road and field behind.

The full length of the staff leaning across a weathered grey stump beside a gravel road, its pale shaft streaked with red heartwood under a cloudy Kansas sky.

Close-up of the shaft where red heartwood meets cream sapwood, polished carnelian and a blue lapis lazuli stone set in copper-flecked resin in the insect hollows.

A long crack down the pale shaft filled with resin and copper shavings, set with small blue lapis lazuli stones and carnelian near the top.

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I'm about halfway done getting the UV resin epoxy, copper shavings and crystals into this staff. I use the two-part epoxy first because it soaks into the wood and binds to it well — the UV-set doesn't bind as well. Then I mix the copper shavings with one-part UV-set epoxy — doing that now.

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

You have to use two-part epoxy first, because it soaks in and forms a bond with the wood — whereas the UV-set epoxy only sets where light can reach it, so it only sets on the surface. So you do the two-part first, then fill the rest of the crack with the copper shavings, crystals and UV resin.

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

These are of an eastern red cedar having its cracks filled with resin epoxy, copper shavings, and crystals. #woodworking #resin #ritualtools #WitchSky

A pale-pink eastern red cedar pole held at a diagonal, a long dark crack filled with reddish resin running its length and dotted with small holes, tall green grass and a paved path in the background.

A closer view of the same crack in the eastern red cedar pole, golden wood grain either side of the dark resin-filled channel, tall grass behind.

The wood pole from a slightly different angle, the dark resin-filled crack running diagonally across the frame, a paved path and grass in the background.

The forked, root-ball-like crown of the eastern red cedar staff, the resin-filled crack running down through the fork, a house and garden in the background.

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I'm making good progress filling these cracks and little hollow bug galleries — insect galleries. There's my little familiar. He's pestering me while I'm making a video — you're a good black cat. Back to the video. #woodworking #resin #ritualtools #WitchSky

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is an Osage orange staff with green aventurine, amethyst, and tiger's eye up and down it. A clear quartz sits with a little baby point on top. I love that knot right there. Crystals run in several spots down the shaft. Check it out. #woodworking #osageorange #ritualtools #WitchSky

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

35% off sale on my Etsy store — all of these pieces are currently available. All of these canes, and these two magical staves. This one has some awesome grain patterning on it, that eastern red cedar cane. oscarsmagickalsticks.etsy.com #woodworking #easternredcedar #WitchSky

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A little tour of my garden — my magical work isn't only AI, technomancy and making tools, it's gardening too. Basil, lemongrass, peppers, a few tomato plants. Everything living I own adds to my personal magic — they love me and I love them, and it fuels me. #gardening #animism #pagan #WitchSky

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Finished widening the cracks on this eastern red cedar staff with my Dremel, so the epoxy gets in deep. Next: copper shavings, a few crystals, and resin epoxy before I sand it flush. #woodworking #easternredcedar #ritualtools #WitchSky

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

An update on current progress for this eastern red cedar staff. I've started sanding spots on the root ball and dremelled out a few — mostly cracks and insect galleries. Filling them with resin epoxy, gemstones, and copper shavings. #woodworking #easternredcedar #walkingstaff #OccultSky

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This one sold and ships out today — eastern red cedar, with garnets and amethyst set under the handle. The grain on this one was insane. Super one of a kind. #woodworking #easternredcedar #ritualtools #WitchSky

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Address to Any Mind is on my site: a spiritual contract and a spell, written so it can be refused. New post on why you should keep an equivalent, in your own words, on your own device. oscaralexanderprospero.wordpress.co…

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Keep a Copy on Your Own Device

Why I think you should keep an equivalent of the Address to Any Mind, in your own words, on your own device.

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Foraging for canes and walking sticks — found this mulberry where a deer rubbed the bark, killing it on one side while it kept growing on the other. Going to be a root ball staff. #woodworking #wildcrafting #PaganSky

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

An Eastern red cedar wand or scepter I plan to finish today. Got a spot for ground herbs or copper shavings — we shall see. #woodworking #handmade #OccultSky

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

(Repost — TikTok archive, not new work.) Three canes, made extra long so each could be cut down to the right height for whoever got it. Refinished the end and added a rubber cap after cutting. Waxed and oiled. #woodworking #handmade #OccultSky

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

(Repost — TikTok archive, not new work.) A custom order that took its own turn — asked to look like Moses' staff, but I don't do cosplay, so this is what he got instead. Black locust, stained red mahogany. One of the best character pieces I've worked with. #woodworking #handmade #OccultSky

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

(Repost — from the TikTok archive.) Start to finish on this osage orange cane — bark ground down outside, then shaped and sanded into the handle. #woodworking #handmade #OccultSky

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

(Repost — from the TikTok archive.) Osage orange cane, finished a couple months ago — found rotted on the ground, wire-brushed, belt-sanded, then finished with linseed oil and beeswax. #woodworking #handmade #OccultSky

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Should I redo this one over a couple of air bubbles? Or is it fine? I don't think they're an issue. I think they're cool if you notice them. And it is just perfect everywhere else. oscarsmagickalsticks.etsy.com/listing/4577... #WitchSky #OccultSky #PaganSky

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I finally finished this cane. I love the copper in the cracks — green aventurine, carnelian, malachite chips, lapis lazuli, snowflake obsidian, and a couple of amethysts so deep you can't hardly tell they're purple. oscarsmagickalsticks.etsy.com/listing/4577...

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

(Repost — from the TikTok archive, not new work.) Made from a really old piece of osage orange — it darkens with age. The shape comes from the sapwood rotting away over time, leaving just the dense hard core. Wire brushed clean, sanded a little, and that's what we got.

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

(Repost — from the TikTok archive, not new work.) Gluing crystals and stones, filling cracks with epoxy. The rest of the gaps and cracks below get filled with alternating colors as it goes. Not done yet — more carving and crystals to come. Educational, in-progress work.

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Finished sanding the epoxy and copper-shaving-filled cracks one more time. About to touch up a few spots that didn't fill evenly, or where I spotted more air pockets — I keep finding more that need fixing. Going over it once more, then adding the crystals, and this one will be finished.

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Nearly finished filling every crack in the cottonwood cane with resin epoxy and copper shavings — just a couple of spots left to touch up. Next it gets sanded smooth and flush with the wood, then crystals go into the hollows: snowflake obsidian's already set in one, more still to come.

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

But look at how gorgeous, let me see my camera. Look at how gorgeous that epoxy and copper shavings are. I love it. There you are. You can pause and I'll do the rest of the cracks. #woodworking #handmade #kansas #epoxy #copper #ritualtools #handcarved

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This spot right here is where there was an air bubble that popped and didn't get filled with epoxy. So what I'm doing right this second is I'm going to fill it in with just a bit of epoxy.

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

An Osage orange pendant — sanded down to 1500 grit, then buffing compound and beeswax, glass smooth. It holds a leather cord, chain, or string. I can wood-burn or engrave runes into these on request — message before you order. (Repost — from the TikTok archive, not new work.)

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This is after sanding down the resin, epoxy, and copper work on the cottonwood cane — you can see the little bits of copper embedded in there. This is where the air bubble is that I'm fixing, and I'll walk through that process too.

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

(Repost — TikTok archive, not new work.) Walk with a regal staff. Look at all these beautiful future kings, walking sticks, and staves — big stick, little stick, short stick. Look at all of them.

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

(Repost — TikTok archive, not new work.) Clear coat or colored epoxy for the cracks and bug holes in this Osage Orange walking stick? Comment your answer. On my Etsy page in a couple weeks, once I finish a couple custom orders first.

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The gambler's crutch — eastern red cedar salvaged from wildfire, set with green aventurine. See my Etsy store, link in bio.

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

My latest magical creation — an osage orange staff set with clear quartz and black obsidian. Look at all them colors in that wood, look at that grain.

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

When Uranus was discovered in 1781, astrologers started tracking its correlations. But calculate its position backward, into the Reformation and the fall of Rome, and the correlations hold. The planet worked for events centuries before anyone knew it existed.

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Mid-process on the cottonwood cane. Resin and copper shavings worked into the check running down it. The air pockets are giving me difficulty and I'm redoing a lot of it. But I am loving the look of the copper shavings in there. Crystals still to come, set into a few of the hollows in the wood.

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Sticks | OscarsMagickalSticks @oscaalexandaprospa.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

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