FIVE FOLD KISS, FIVEFOLD SALUTE - the Witches ritual salute, with Kisses (1)on each foot. (2)on each knee (3) above the pubic hair (4)on each breast and (5) on the lips. Really 8 kisses in all. It is only used within the Circle, but the words that go with it are the origins of "Blessed Be"

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DOWSING -

1. using a pendulum or stick to find a location of a person, place, thing or element. Answering yes or no questions. Holding a pendulum over a chart to answer specific questions on life patterns. (TRASB)

2. practice of locating water, minerals or other objects through the use of a rod, pendulum or other object. (NAD)

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Charms - An amulet or talisman that has been chamged by saying an incantation oover it and instilling it with energy for a specific purpose.

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Aka - Cord between the physical and astral bodies.

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MANIFESTATION - the appearance to an observer's consciousnedd of any non human entity or force.

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GAIA/GAEA -

1. the Greek Goddess of the Earth.

2. seeing the Earth as one giant self regulating organism of which we are a inextricable part; hypotheses that treats the planet as a living being. (James Lovelock & Lynn Margolis, 1972)

3. adj. Gaian of humanity as one body. (NAD)

4. Greek Goddess, (Earth Mother or Mother Earth). Environmental action group use this term. (TRASB)

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PAST-LIFE REGRESSION: Act of using meditation or guided meditation to pass through the veil of linear time and perceive experiences encountered in a previous existence.

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JAMAICAN VOODOO: The polytheistic religion and magickal system of West African origin found in the Caribbean, South America and North America today. It recognizes that there are a multitude of gods and ghosts who each have their own myths, rites, offerings, taboos, and magical forces. Obeah is a healer god, who can also be invoked to bring illness and other calamities to one's own enemy. Also known as Obea, Obeah, Obi, Oby, Jamaican Voodoo.

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Dowsing - The act of using a pendulum or stick to locate a person,place,thing, or element.Dowsing can also be used to answer yes or no questions.

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SOLITARY: A Witch who practices Witchcraft or Wicca and worships alone rather than as a member of a coven. During the early growth of Witchcraft and Wicca in neo-Pagan circles one had to be initiated by another Witch, but as Craft traditions changed and became more liberal, it became acceptable to initiate one’s self.

Many solitaries have belonged to various covens and have decided they prefer being alone; others opt to be solitaries to protect their privacy.

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CABALA/KABBALA/QUABALA - 1. Hebrew magickal system. (TRASB)

2. spelling usually employed when discussing the spread of Kabbalistic teaching and symbols into Christian circles during the Renaissance. (NAD)

3. KABBALA - traditional Jewish mysticism; chain of inter transmission of the secrets of esotercism (Hebrew)

Soul aspect:

• yehida.....archetype
• hayah.....divine emanation
• neshamah.....thought, principles
• rv’ah.....spirit
• nefesh.....species, animal soul.

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PISCES - Fishes; twelfth sign of the zodiac; of the watery element; ruler Neptune; keywords: sympathy, compassion, gentle energy. (NAD)

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NANTA BAG - a magickal pouch intended to keep one linked with the forces of nature. (WOTS)

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FLOROMANCY - art or belief in the consciousness of plants. (NAD)

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OSTARA (O-star-ah) - Also Eostra (Yo-stra). The Sabbat observed at the Vernal Equinox and often referred to simply as the “Spring Equinox”. This Sabbat celebrates balance and life renewed, but it was not a Sabbat for the Old Celts until the Saxons brought it to their attention around C.E. 600. Ostara is named for the Teutonic Goddess Eostre and is symbolized by the egg. (CMM)

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Microcosm - The world within us.

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Talisman - An object that has been magickally charged in order to bring something to the bearer.

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TIR NA NOG (TEER-nah-nohk) - “Land of the Forever Young” This is the Irish Land of the Dead or as it is usually called, the Otherworld. Tir-na-nog is presided over by the crone and her cauldron to which all life returns to await rebirth. (CMM)

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ASTRAL PLANE: A place which is generally conceptualized as an invisible parallel world which remains unseen from our own solid world of form.

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CAYCE, EDWARD - (The sleeping prophet) trance therapist, philosopher, healer. A search for God 1877-1945 (NAD)

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CRONE - that aspect of the Goddess that is represented by the old women. She is symbolized by the waning moon, the carrion crow, the cauldron, and the color black. Her Sabats are Mabon and Samhain. (CMM)

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ALTER - special, flat surface exclusively for magickal working and religious acknowledgments (TRASB)

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