Craft Dictionary

The Craft:

(1) Old term used by Freemasons to refer to their activities and beliefs.

(2) Current term used by Neopagan, Feminist and some other modern Witches to refer to their activities and beliefs.

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CRAFT - The Wiccan, Witchcraft or other folk or natural Magick.

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CRAFT (The):

 Traditional Witchcraft;

 Masonry as referred to by Masons;

Wicca.

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TRAD CRAFT - the word is used to differentiate between the practice of traditional/hereditary Witchcrafters & the practices of Wiccans.

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ASTROLOGY:

1) the belief that the relative positions of planets, planetoids and stars, can influence events & behavior surrounding us. 

2) the method used in calculating these related happenings.  ASTRONOMY is the hard science.

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The Craft

A commonly used synonym for Wicca, or witchcraft

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GOD: male aspect which pervades all of the universe in vast interrelationships of every possible sort, providing impetus, creative spark and more. It is capable of being perceived in many ways depending on the perceiver and transcends time as well as space. Most perceptions of the great gods are valid in their own aspects and are or can be of considerable value.

Pagans often choose the archetypal god of the waxing year as patron of all which is new and growing, and the god of the waning year as patron of all which ripens and declines, before the inevitable rebirth. Such perceptions enable us to form close emotional and magickal links with godhood. He is the divine equal and counterpart to the Goddess. Often depicted as the Green God of Summer and the Horned God of Winter.

He is seen as the Sun, without which we couldn't survive. His life, then is honored through the passing seasons of the year. Wild animals are his special concern and His aspect of the Horned God, with antlered helmet was the Christian source of titling Pagans as Satan worshippers. The God's domains are the untouched natural lands whether mountain or desert or forest. The stars, too are his. And his symbols include: sword, horns, spears, wand, knife, arrow, and sickle.

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witchcraft

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TRADITIONS: A sect or division within Paganism, Wicca, Magick. The use of tradition as "sect" is not a new use, nor is "new tradition" an oxymoron.  Systems of training in the Craft: Some traditions are: Gardnerian, Celtic Traditionalist, Welsh Traditionalist, Y Dynion Mwyn, Alexandrian, Continentalist, Stregha, Fairy, Feminist, Dianic, etc.

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DEATH...is reference to the physical body NOT the Soul or Spirit, which is usually believed to go on to another body in the exercise of REINCARNATION. DEATHING: is the exercise of sitting with a 'dying' person as comforter or can be the ritual exercised to ease the soul 'over' into its new existence. DEATH IN SERVICE: meaning service to life; is the natural death such as from illness, old age, child birth, rescue attempts or self sacrifice to help another. BUT does NOT include murder, execution, suicide, war, torture deaths, etc. TO ME...Death is that state of existence consisting of change, evaluation, planning, & forgetting...DenElder

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NODES:

1) in Astrology, NODES are the places where a planet or the Moon crosses the ECLIPTIC. An ASCENDING NODE is a crossing from south to north; & DESCENDING NODE crosses north to south.

2) Power Nodes are power points in the Earth, usually along Ley Lines

3) Power Nodes also refer to the energy points that have been prepared using crystals, in creating a PSYCO, SEXUAL MATRIX

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Transcendent Deity: A God or Goddess who is seen as dwelling outside, rather than inside, humanity. A non-invocable deity.

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ENERGY: this is the natural vibration or power that we tap into or raise, in our spells & rituals.

1) There are those who think of the Energy, as something they raise or generate.

2) Others think this Energy is there for the trained person to tap into & direct.

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”AS ABOVE, SO BELOW.”: this saying means that universal & natural laws apply to inner & outer consciousness. That everything is connected and is part of everything else.

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SELF: with a capital 'S' is reference to one's entirety of person, the spirit & soul, if you will.

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Uriel

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Raphael

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Wicca (The Craft, Craft of the Wise, modern witchcraft, Wicca Craft): A form of paganism. It is related to shamanism and includes various forms of white magick.

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FESTIVALS: times for Pagan and Witch celebrations; high holidays and cross-quarter days.

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ELEMENTS: the four basic manifestations of matter; earth, fire, water and air; also spirit or ether. These 4 essences are the building blocks of the Universe.   These are Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and the fifth element of pure spirit in, of and outside them all. Each Pagan tradition has their own tools, directions, and correspondences. Everything that exists, or has the potential to exist, contains one or more of these energies. These 4 elements formed from Primal Essence or power, Akasha. AND for the Practitioner who wonders, "What the HECK are those people talking about?"

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