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I've read the Broom Closet Solutions article and after thinking a little on the subject (as I myself am considerably in the broom closet for the sake of my relationship; her family is pretty dead set on one practice and they would definitely be uncomfortable learning I consider myself a witch), I came up with another helpful bit.

This mainly concerns tools and items like wands and athames and such.

In my experience, you don't need a specifically crafted wand for magic. I prefer using a staff, and my staff is simply a flagpole I've drawn a triquetra on and cast my own personal blessing/enchantment and binding (to make it especially mine) spells on.

Since anything from a pencil to a chopstick could be used as a wand, it's very easy to have something like this in plain sight and no one would ever think of it as a tool of witchcraft. Use your imagination and use whatever you want if having "an official, specially crafter, one of a kind magic wand" isn't important to you. Magic is about the results, not how it's done, so it really shouldn't matter so much.

Swords and athames are easy enough to keep around the house if you're a collector, but if you aren't, it's easy enough to carve one out of wood, buy a cheap toy knife/sword, or use a knife that's already around the house like a steak knife.

For altar cloths and some ritual wear like sarongs, you could easily hang them on your wall or door like a decorative tapestry until needed. Most are very artistic and make beautiful covers for end tables and desktops.

These are just a few examples I've thought of as a way to hide things in plain sight. Hope this info is as helpful to others as it has been to me.