1734 tradition - based on brit-celtic philosophy of robert cochrane
Air - upper left on pent reps intelligence and the arts
Alexandrian tradition - tradition of wicca established in 1960's
by alex sanders
Altar - table where tools are placed for use during ritual
Altar pentacle - disk/plate metal/wood inscribed with 5 pointed
star. Focal point
Amulet - similar to talisman but occurs naturally - not man
made
Animosity towards xtions - insistence it is the only way &
prevent others beliefs
Arcana - from the words arcane and ancient
Aspecting - form of channeling
Athame (a-tham-ay)- double edged knife for directing energy
/ banishing enchantment
Athame - should be worked on by the user no matter how little
the work
Athame - size should suit the user
Aura - energy patterns invisible to naked eye
Autumn equinox - sept 21 light and dark in balance; lesse sabbat
More..
Bell - increases vibrations
Beltane / may eve - 30 apr pronounced byal'tiner. Theme of fertility
More..
Besom - see broom
Boleen - white handled blade to harvest herbs/carve symbols
- not rituals
Book of shadows - rituals laws spells handed down within coven
exactly as written
Brighid - mother deity of nature
Broom - used for cleaning rituals and a fertility symbol
Burin - an engraving tool
Burning times - name used by witches for the inquisition More..
Candlemas - see imbolg
Cartomancy - divining with cards
Catharsis - spiritual cleansing
Cauldron - represents bounty and blessings, and life cycles
Ceremonial magick - also called high magick. Method of working
magic to achieve aim
Cerne - a name for the horned god
Cernunnos - the horned god of nature
Cerridwen - a maiden role or the autumn crone & prophetess
Chakra - vital centres where physical & spiritual bodies
are connected
Chalice - cup, glass etc placed on altar.rep's cup of life/womb
of goddess
Chant - increases magickal power
Chaos - to work against the natural and spiritual laws
Charge of the goddess - piece of liturgy written by gerald gardner
& doreen valiente
Circle - keeps unwanted out and wanted in
Cochrane, robert - founder of 1734 tradition
Cone of power - release of energy built up in circle
Council of constantinople (2nd) - condemned reincarnation from
the xtion tenets in 553ce
Coven - group of witches or wiccans, under a priest and/or priestess
Covens - you do not have to be in a coven to work a spell
Cowan - used in wicca/witchcraft to describe a non-wiccan/witch
Craft - another name for witchcraft
Crossing the bridge - ritual at death
Dark half of year - associated with god. Goddess active in masculine
form
Dedication - ceremonially marks the beginning of wiccan study
Dev'la - scottish name for the god
Diana - welsh name for the goddess
Dianic - worship of diana, the ancient greek goddess of hunting
Drawing down the moon - spirit of god/dess drwan down into high
priest & priestess
Dreams literal - concern a real thing or person in your
life at that time
Dreams repetitive - indicates something you have not
taken action on
Dreams symbolic - an aspect of the dreamer using universal
symbols
Earth - lower left on pentacle reps stability and physical endurance
Earth goddess - the power and force behind nature
Eclectic - system of worship not based in any particular tradition
Esbat - a lunar holiday new and full moons
Evocation - calling elements gods and goddesses to be present
in ritual
Fam trad - a term used to describe people who have craft lineage
1950's
Fasting - should be done for 24 hours before performing magick
Festivals - events that bring together pagans of all traditions
Fire - lower right on pent reps courage and daring
Full moon - height of psychic activity and power
Gardner, gerald - founder of gardnerian tradition
Goddess of fertility / god of hunt - early wo/man's two most
important deities
Great rite - union of male & female principle from which
life will spring
Greater sabbats - god and goddess duly honored (samhain, imbolc,
beltane, lughnasadh)
Grimoires - magicians book of rituals
Handfasting - joins together for as long as love shall last;
wedding
Handmaiden - priestess' assistant & replacement if priestess
absent
Handparting - wiccan 'divorce' ceremony
Heathen - means one who dwells on the heath
Hecate - witch mother of the darker forms
Herne - a name for the horned god
High magick - self transformation
Horned god - male deity
Imbolg / candlemas - 2 february. Rebirth purification &
cleansing rituals More..
Initiation - may mark full membership in a coven or tradition
Invocation - priest/ess allows a particular god/dess to speak
through him/her
Jack o' the green - carvings of the old god of hunting
Kundalini - 'serpent power' - relates to the chakras
Lammas - 1st aug. Celtic fire festival. Reaping and revelry.
More..
Laws against witchcraft - repealed in england in 1951
Lesser sabbats - summer solstice, winter solstice, spring equinox,
autumn equinox
Light half of year - associated with goddess. God active in
feminine form
Magic(k) - the real power comes from the person, not the tool
Magical rites - rituals used to craete magic
Magick - using will to affect change in reality
Malleus maleficarum - witch hunting manual from the burning
times
Mantra - chanting a word or phrase to focus concentration
May eve - see beltane
Meditation - listening to your inner self
Midsummer's Eve - jun 21 celebration of the goddess & gods
marriage More..
Moon waning - destruction, binding, seperation, elimination,
extermination etc
Moon waxing - growing. Magick for love, success, protection,
fertility etc
Murray, margaret alice - advanced theory witchcraft was an organised
religion in 1930's
Neo-pagan - new pagan - more modern view yet still earth based
spirituality
Neophyte - non-initiate who undergoes basic training in craft
circle
New age - alternative spirituality inc angels, et visitation,
crystals etc
New moon - represents in the light the lady as the maiden
Occult - means "unknown"
Ostara - see spring equinox
Pagan - from latin pagani. Means people who live in the country
Palingenesis - rebirth
Pan - welsh name for the god
Pendulum - focusing device for divination
Pentacle - a five pointed star within a circle the symbol of
wicca
Polytheistic - a belief in many gods
Pope gregory - built early churches on sites of pagan temples
(xtion conversion)
Practical magick - spell casting, healing, protection, spells
for gain, love
Pranayama - collection of breathing techniques
Priapic wand - shaped like a phallus and used in fertility rites
Priest - male head of coven initiated into particular tradition.
Teacher
Priestess - female head of coven initiated into particular tradition.
Teacher
Psychic - pertains to higher consciousness
Psychometry - reception of impressions from a physical object
Querant - person for whom tarot is being read
Reincarnation - christians believed in it until 553c.e. (constantinople
ban)
Rhythm - increases magickal power
Rites of passage - rituals (eg marriage, blessing, requiem,
initiation)
Ritual - set of actions repeated over time. Actions that accompany
worship
Rune - word means "mystery" or "secret"
Sabbat - a time to celebrate & rejoice with the gods More..
Samhain - 31 oct. Nye pronounced 'sow'in. Learn inner mysteries.
Harvest More..
Sanders, Alex - founder of the alexandrian tradition
Satanism - worship of christian myth of satan. *witches do not
believe in satan*
Scrying - seeing past, present, or future
Seax - see-ax. Sax wicca name for athame
See-ax - saxon name for athame
Shaman - one who can enter and use spirit world
Shamanism - solitary path seeking vision in solitude. Reality
of spirit world
Significator - tarot card used to represent the person for whom
you are reading
Skyclad - naked
Solitary - person who learns and studies on their own
Spirit - topmost point on pent reps the all and the divine
Spring equinox / ostara - 21 mar. Day & night equal. Complete
balance on this day More..
Staff - used to mark quarter points or as a stang to hold banners
etc
Summer solstice - See Midsummer's Eve
Summerlands - once soul learns all life lessons - granted eternal
rest here
Summoner - second in command to priest protects ritual space
Sword - used in place or in addition to athame
Sympathetic magick - works on the principle of like attracts
like
Talisman - magickal figure charged with force it is intended
to represent
Tang - handle part of blade
Tasseography - tea leaf reading
Third eye - a chakra, the seventh and highest - place to focus
when meditating
Threefold law - belief everything you do comes back to you three
times
Thurible - container used to contain hot coal for burning incense
Transcendence - achieving full realisation of the individual
self
Visualisation - process of creating or realizing symbol to harness
power of mind
Wand - represents element of air and male east
Waning moon - old hag, destroyer, dark side, dark and hidden
workings
Warlock - derogatory term meaning oathbreaker. (not a male witch!)
Water - upper right on pent reps emotions and intuition
Waxing moon - working for gaining healing aiding humanity &
all creatures
Wheel of the year - calender of the eight sabbats
Wicca - religion of old gods of europe and european influence
More..
Wiccan - one who practices wicca
Wiccan rede - a 27 line poem by gerald gardner & doreen
valiente
Wiccan rede - an it harm none, do as thou will wiccaning - wiccan
birth rite
Wicce - see wicca
Winter solstice / yule - 21 dec turning point from which the
days will lengthen More..
Witan - the council of wise ones
Witch - initiate in witchcraft
Witchcraft - religion of witches. Earth focused and polytheistic
Woden - saxon god name
Yagdirk - scottish traditions name for athame
Yule - see winter solstice |
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