13″ Manta athame

Define Your Space with 13″ Manta athame

When your practice starts to blur into habit, it gets easy to go through the motions without actually being present. A blade like the 13″ Manta athame gives you a clear, physical gesture to mark the difference between “everything out there” and “what I’m choosing to work with right now.” It won’t do the work for you, but it will give your decisions a visible edge and a clear line.

If you already work with athames, this piece offers a longer, balanced form that’s well-suited for deliberate, two-handed or extended-arm gestures when you need to define a boundary, close a working, or mark a transition.

The Grounded Logic of the Manta athame

The 13″ Manta athame is built for structure and follow-through. The iron guard and pommel add weight and balance, making your movements slower, more intentional, and harder to fake. When a gesture takes effort, you’re less likely to do it on autopilot.

The wooden hilt, with its visible grain and color, acts as a visual cue: you can tie specific decisions or commitments to the act of gripping that handle. Over time, your body associates that feel and weight with “this is where I draw the line,” which helps cut through mental drift and ritual laziness.

The length of the blade allows you to literally “mark” space in front of you. That straight, extended line becomes a physical reminder: here is where this practice starts, here is where it stops, here is what is in and what is out.

On its own, this Manta athame is shaped metal and wood; like a navigation tool on a dashboard, it can point to where you say the line is, but you’re the one steering your behavior to match that line once the ritual is over.

Using 13″ Manta athame in Practice

• Open and close your workings with one clear, repeated gesture so your body learns, “this is the moment I commit,” instead of drifting in and out of focus.
• Use the blade to trace the perimeter of your working area, defining where your attention is allowed to go—and where it is not.
• Assign specific meanings to motions (cutting away distractions, sealing a decision, ending a session) and use the same motion every time to build discipline.
• Place the athame in front of you as a visual reminder that this time is for honest work, not for half-hearted effort or performance.
• Integrate it with other ritual tools as the “final gesture” that signals completion, so you stop tinkering and actually end the working.

Specifications

• Approximate length: 13 inches overall
• Guard and pommel: iron, designed for durability and balance
• Handle: wooden hilt with visible natural grain and added color; each piece is visually unique
• Intended use: ceremonial work or as a display piece
• Finish: treated with oil; clean thoroughly before any practical or ritual use
• Safety notice: This product can expose you to chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer or reproductive harm. For details, see www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.

The 13″ Manta athame will not clean up your practice or your life on its own; it only makes your choices more visible and harder to ignore. If you’re ready to back your gestures with real behavior, add this to your toolkit and visit our metaphysical shop to build out the rest of your working setup with the same level of intention.