Triple Moon Brass Altar Bell with Bident Handle

• Triple moon and bident handle. The Goddess's emblem atop the two-tined staff.
• Solid brass. A bright, clear ritual tone.
• 2 3/4" x 5". Sized for small altars and travel kits.
• Rings with one motion. Light in the hand, confident in the ear.

• Brass altar bell with triple moon bident handle, approximately 2 3/4" x 5"
• Wipe with a soft cloth; brass patinas naturally with handling

The bell is one of ritual's oldest instruments, and its job has always been the same everywhere it rings: to mark the threshold in time the way a door marks it in space. Wiccan and modern pagan practice rings the altar bell to open the rite, to close it, and to clear a room's air with sound between workings, the clean tone doing audibly what cleansing smoke does visibly. The handle stacks two lunar signs: the triple moon, maiden, mother, and crone, over the bident, the two-tined staff long associated with chthonic and Goddess-facing traditions. Rung at a moon rite, the symbolism and the sound arrive together. The bell does not act on its own; it marks the moments you make, which is the whole ancient job of bells.

1. Ring to open. One to three clear tones marks the rite's beginning.
2. Ring to clear. Walk a room with the bell to shift its air with sound.
3. Ring to close. A final tone seals the working and returns the room to ordinary time.
4. Keep it on the altar. Between rites it stands as the lunar altar's emblem.

• Silver Chime Candles, Set of 20: the lunar color for moon rites.
• Star and Moon Wind Chime: the wind-rung cousin for the porch.
• Triple Moon Bumper Sticker: the same emblem for the road.

What is an altar bell for?

Marking ritual time: rung to open a rite, to close it, and to clear a space with sound between workings.

What is a bident?

The two-tined staff, an old chthonic emblem, here crowned with the triple moon of the Goddess.

How big is it?

About 2 3/4 by 5 inches: at home on small altars and in travel kits.