Earth:

One of the main “elements” in occultism; associated in the West with matter, brown, black, pentacles, passivity, inertness, silence, food fertility, wealth, practicality, cold, dryness, etc.

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Wiccan:

(1) The original plural form for “wicca/wicce” or “witch.”

(2) An adjective used to describe their religion by the followers of Neopagan Witchcraft.

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God or Goddess, The:

The particular masculine or feminine deity worshiped by a particular mono-, heno-, or duotheist.

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Universe:

The total gestalt of all data patterns one may have about that which seems to be oneself and that which seems to be not-oneself; depending upon whether or not one believes in an objective reality, the universe can be considered to be a part of one’s metapattern or vice versa.

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Air:

One of the main “elements” in occultism; associated in the West with thought, knowledge, yellow, blue, swords, activity, daring, light, communication, heat, dampness, etc.

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God or Goddess:

See Deity.

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Theory:

(1) A belief, policy or procedure proposed or followed as the basis of action.

(2) An ideal or hypothetical set of facts, principles or circumstances.

(3) The body of generalizations and principles developed in association with practice in a field of activity.

(4) A judgment, conception, proposition or formula formed by speculation or deduction, or by abstraction and generalization from facts.

(5) A working hypothesis given probability by experimental evidence or by factual or conceptual analysis but not conclusively established or accepted as a law.

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Religion:

(1) The body of institutionalized expressions of sacred beliefs, observances and practices found within a given cultural context.

(2) A magical system combined with a philosophical and ethical system, usually oriented towards “supernatural” beings.

(3) A psychic structure composed of the shared beliefs, experiences and related habits of all members (not just the theologians) of any group calling itself “a religion.”

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Aspect, Astrological:

An angle formed between two items on an astrological chart.

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Sense:

A mechanism that notices or causes sensation.

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Science:

Accumulated and accepted knowledge that has been systematized and formulated with reference to the discovery of general truths or the operation of general laws; knowledge classified and made available in work, life or the search for truth; comprehensive, profound or philosophical knowledge, especially knowledge obtained and tested through the use of the scientific method.

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Mystic:

(1) One who practices mysticism.

(2) A person who uses mostly passive talents and rites for mostly theurgical purposes.

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Dowsing:

See Rhabdomancy.

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CHARMS: Can either be an amulet or talisman that has been charged by saying an incantation over it and instilling it with energy for a specific task.

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Reality:

(1) The result of consensus opinion.

(2) That which is most comfortable and convenient to believe.

(3) My universe.

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Elements, The:

A classification system based upon the division of all phenomena into four or five categories; in Western occultism there are Earth, Water, Air, Fire and sometimes Spirit or Ether (or in India, Akasha); in Chinese occultism these are Earth, Water, Metal, Fire and Wood.

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Goal:

The general result one actually wishes to accomplish with a particular magical or psychic act. Compare with Target.

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Absorption:

An antipsi talent for absorbing the power out of psychic energy fields, including those around other beings. See Tapping and Vampire, Psychic.

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ABORIGINAL: Pagan tradition of the native Australian people.

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ASPECT: The particular principle or part of the Creative Life Force being worked with or acknowledged at any one time.

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Wicca and Wicce:

The male and female terms, respectively, in Old English that eventually became “witch” in Modern English.

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