Question directed to Wiccan and Pagans. What could this mean?

It certainly sounds like an encounter with Spirit. It sounds to me like you were directed by someone specifically how to forge that athame. The purpose for it is not readily apparent; the athame may be intended for you or for someone else. I suspect that in time you will be directed in a similar fashion what to do with it. Until then, I think you should just hang onto it.

You are very fortunate to have experienced this and I think if you react positively to it you will be rewarded in some fashion. I would consider the experience itself to be a blessing.

What you experienced was what the druids call "The Awen" which is just a fancy term for "creative energy" dressed up as spiritual guidance (that's not meant to belittle the belief, I share the belief in a manner as well, but I have no illusion that it means anything more than the joy of creativity). Essentially, if you felt good doing it and you feel good about the result, there's not much to question. Who cares why or what happened?

I mean, unless you care and you want it to happen again. If you want it to be a message from some kind of deity, then look into deities. If you want it to be a spirit-guide kind of thing, look into spirit-guides. If you are perfectly satisfied with your current belief system... well, I'm not sure you'd be asking this if you were, but whatever works for you.

Did you get any guidance or hints about what you aught to do with this lovely blade? Keep it? Display it? Use it for ritual? Sell it to a pagan who needs a copper athame? Does it have to be an "athame"? Couldn't it just be a beautiful knife/dagger?

-Scarlet

Sounds beautiful.

You know yourself best, so I'm just going to toss out some things and see if any of them resonate with you.

An athame is the black handled "working" tool, the boline is the blade used for everything else on the altar/in Circle and has a white or light handle. Copper is associated with love. Coal is a "betwixt and between" item being neither stone, nor living (much like amber and jet). I assume you meant coal and not "charcoal" for working metal.

Makes me wonder if the Lady isn't talking to you. Every initiated Wiccan I've ever met has a similar " ok, that was odd" story about their first dip into the Mysteries. Worst case scenario, you've got a pretty cool craft project! (pun intended! :-)

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Well this is very interesting and you are lucky to have experienced this.

Something spoke to you, you do not have to make a name for it. Only you can truly figure out the message. But I recommend keeping the atheme. Obviously it means something to you if you feel it does.

Maybe you should look into Paganism and do some research? I mean it couldn't hurt to understand the different traditions, cultures, and religions.

But keep that atheme

you are an artist and it means nothing more than what purpose that you give it!