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 Adept: An individual who through serious study and accomplishments is considered highly proficient in a particular magickal system. Akasha: The fifth element, the omnipresent spiritual power that permeates the universe. It is the energy out of which the elements are formed. Akashic Records: There is a giant data base that be accessed for information on subjects such as past lives, healing, and other magickal/spiritual practices. The mind of the psychic Witch accesses the data through Universal connections. Amulet: A magickally empowered object that deflects specific, usually negative energies. Generally a protective object. Ankh: An Egyptian hieroglyphic that is widely used as a symbol for life, love, and reincarnation. It is depicted as a cross with a looped top. Asperger: A bundle of fresh herbs or a perforated object used for purification purposes to sprinkle water during or preceding ritual. Astral Projection: The act of separating the consciousness from the physical body and moving it about at will. Athame: A cleansed and consecrated ceremonial knife used in ritual work by Witches. The knife is never used for blood-letting, and rarely used for cutting anything on the material plane. Balefire: In country settings its function was both magickal and practical. Holidays at which you would most likely see this type of celebration are Beltane, Midsummer, Lammas, and Mabon. Bane, Baneful: That which destroys life. Poisonous, dangerous, destructive. Herbs such as henbane, hellebore and aconite are examples of baneful substances. Banish: The magickal act of driving away evil or negativity. A strong purification, sometimes associated with the removal of “spirits.” Bind: To magickally restrain something or someone. Bolline: A curved, white-handled knife used for practical magickal purposes such as cutting. Call: Invoking divine forces. Charms: Can either be an amulet or talisman that has been charmed by saying an incantation over it and instilling it with energy for a specific task. Cleansing: The act of removing any negative energy, vibrations, or images from an object or place by utilizing positive, psychic energy. Combustible incense: Self-burning incense containing potassium nitrate; usually in cone, block or stick form. Cone of Power: Psychic energy raised and focused by either an individual or group mind (coven) to achieve a definite purpose. Conscious Mind: The societally controlled, intellectual, theorizing, materialistic half of the human mind that is at work in every day activities. Consecration: The act of blessing an object or place by instilling it with positive energy. Coven: A group of thirteen or fewer Witches that work together in an organized fashion for positive magickal endeavors or to perform religious ceremonies. Curse: A conscious direction of negative energy toward a person, place or thing. Deosil: Clockwise movement. Divination: The art of using magickal tools and symbols to gather information from the Collective Unconscious on the nature of people, places, things, and events in the past, present and future. Dowsing: The art/science of using a pendulum or stick to find the actual location of a person, place, thing or element. Dowsing can also be used to answer yes or not questions. Drawing Down the Moon: A ritual used during the Full Moon by Witches to empower themselves and unite their essence with a particular deity, usually the Goddess. Empower: The movement of personal energies into herbs, stones, or other objects. Enchantment: A magickal object that must be kept absolutely secret and hidden from all human eyes and affects a hidden aura. Enchantments must be charmed first. Enfleurage: A French perfumery term describing the process of extracting essential flower oils with purified fat. Evocation: Calling up spirits or other nonphysical entities, either to visible appearance or invisible attendance. Exorcism: Traditionally, the magickal process of driving out negative entities. Familiar: An animal who has a spiritual bond with a Witch; often is the family pet. Green man: Another name for the God, as in his kingdom and forest. Handfasting: A Wiccan or Pagan marriage ceremony. Infusion: A liquid produced by soaking herbs in a very hot (but not boiling) water. A brew or potion. Invocation: To bring something in from without. Karma: The belief that one’s thoughts and deeds can be either counted against them or added to their spiritual path during several life times. Left-handed path: Those people who feel that they are justified in using magick for purpose that are not constructive to other human beings. Magick: The art and science of focusing your will and emotions to affect change in both the world around you and the world within you. Magick circle: A sphere constructed of personal power in which magickal rituals are often enacted. Meditation: Reflection, contemplation, turning inward toward the self or outward toward Deity or nature. Non-combustible incense: Incense which is compounded without potassium nitrate, and which requires heat to release its scent. Pantheon: A collection or group of Gods and Goddesses in a particular religious or mythical structure. Pentacle: A circle surrounding a five-pointed, upright star. Worn as a symbol of a Witches belief and used in magickal workings. And ceremonies. Pentagram: The basic five-Pointed star, visualized with the one point up. It represents the five senses, the elements, and the human body. Personal Power: The energy which sustains our bodies, and which is available for use in magick. Psychic Mind: The subconscious, or unconscious, mind in which we receive psychic impulses. Psychism: The act of being consciously psychic. Reincarnation: The belief that one has lived before in another lifetime. Ritual: A focused mental/physical ceremony to either honor or thank one’s chosen pantheon, or to perform a specific magickal working or act. Scrying: A divination method using specific tools such as a bowl of inked water, a mirror, crystal ball, etc. where the diviner “sees” either normal visual pictures, mental visual pictures, or information without any pictures at all. Sigil: A magickally oriented seal, sign, glyph, or other device used in magickal working. Spell: Extended mental and emotional energy spoken aloud, written, spoken to oneself, drawn or even danced. Talisman: An object empowered with magickal energy to attract a specific force or energy to its bearer. Tarologist: One who is adept at the art and science of handling the Tarot. Tincture: A liquid produced by soaking plant materials in ethyl alcohol to produce a scented liquid. Vision Questing: Using astral projection, bi-location, or dreamtime to accomplish a specific goal. Also called Pathworking. Widdershins: Counterclockwise motion used in some magickal workings or ceremonies. Wort: An old term meaning herb. |
