A knife is indispensable

Every violet wand kit should have a knife in it.  Though any knife will work when it has enough metal in the handle to conduct the violetwand charge, I especially like this butterfly knife since it offers one more technique with a violet wand that a plain-handled knife doesn't.

I am still getting emails about violet rays.  I will say only one thing more on the subject of sanity.

It is truly frightening that there are people in the scene, tops and dominants, who have no qualms about picking up a 75 year old electrical device at a yard sale, flea market or online auction, and using it on someone as soon as they get it home. 

I want to clarify that I am not saying that you can't play with a violet ray.  But for safety's sake, have the thing completely rewired before you ever, EVER use it on another human being.  Of course, feel free to fry,... er..use it on yourself... without restraint.

'Efffan'...the email reads...'or whoever you are or think you are, violet rays and violet wands are the exact same thing.  Your obviously so wrong that no one in there right mind will listen to you.  They are both tesla coils and just what people call them is different, that's all.  Correct this in your blog or I will expose your ignorence to the Scene.  I have been in the Scene for 20 years and  have a lot of influence.' 

The spelling above is as it was received.

The two are very similar.  You can even use them cross-discipline for some things.  But a violet ray and a violet wand have even more differences than a flat-screen tv and a flat-screen computer monitor.   And they have more differences than between a 90 year old phone and a new phone.

Thank you for the emails.  You've got questions about insider information, and periodically I'll choose from among your questions to address within my blogspace.  There are some good ones, like this one.

"What's up with the International Violet Wand Guild?"

Firstly, its an amazing and very highly knowledgeable organization and worth your involvement.  They do the research that makes it possible for us to play.  They have worked on and perfected new techniques that you and I may not even know about yet.  If it weren't for them, we would still not know about reverse or internal techniques, violet wand cupping or caning or advanced branding.  We'd still be using old myths, and old terminology (like the outdated term 'lightning hands'...don't use that word, please..it like calling a refrigerator an icebox..get with the times...). The Guild is worth your while to be part of it.  

But...

In receiving today's news tidbit about the International Violetwand Guild, I am prompted to do a piece describing the political climate of the violet wand world.  On one hand you have mostly very nice and genuine people, respectful businessmen and women, and knowledgeable demonstrators and experts that you'd find it a joy to interact with.  And, like in any other arena, on the other hand you have a few real winners with their own agendas that have made our niche fetish bad for everyone.

Here, for your entertainment only, a small art gallery.  A rogues gallery, if you will..the people in the violetwand world you should definitely do well to STAY away from.  And thankfully, its a very small rogues gallery.