CRAFT: Witchcraft

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GROVE: Synonymous with coven.

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BESOM: A witch's broom.

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FAERIE: See Elemental

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CRAFT, THE: Witchcraft, Wicca.

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CENSER: An incense burner.

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SABBAT: A witch's festival.

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QUABALA: See Kabbala

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TRADITION: Branch of paganism followed by any individual Pagan or coven.

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PAGAN WAY: an organization of Neo-Pagans started in the late sixties and early seventies. Many current Wiccan and Pagan organizations owe their existence to the work done by Ed Fitch and others.

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Follower of a nature-based religion. The term Neopagan means
"new Pagan" and is not a popular term.

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ABORIGINAL: Pagan tradition of the native Australian people.

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HAND FASTING: A Pagan wedding.

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NEW RELIGION: Pagan term used in reference to Christianity.

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OLD RELIGION: A name for Paganism.

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SOLITARY: Pagan who works and worships alone.

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SUMMERLAND: The Pagan Land of the Dead.

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MALE MYSTERIES: Pagan study which attempts to reclaim the power and mystery of the old Gods for today's Pagan males.

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NEO-PAGAN (Latin, neo: "new "): A term often applied to both revivalist and reconstructionist Pagan religions in order to identify their modern adoption, or foundation, by their practitioners.

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PAGAN FEDERATION: Founded in 1971 and formerly called the Pagan Front, Pagan Federation is a London-based organization that seeks to provide contact between the Craft of the Wise and “genuine seekers of the Old Ways”, and to promote harmony among the various European Pagan religions. It works with institutions, governmental bodies and the public to present accurate information on Pagan religious views and rights.

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PAGAN:

1) the word Pagan is derived from the Latin Paganus, "peasant,"  "from the fields" and "hut dweller", deriving, in turn, from the Latin pagus, "village."

2) They are also many groups of Priests and Priestesses practicing what we call "Paganism" or "Neo (from the Greek word for new) Paganism".

3) Pagan religions are "natural" religions both in origin and in mode of expression as opposed to artificially created ideological religions.

4) General term for magic embracing religions, such as Wicca, Druid, Shaman. Sometimes used interchangably with NeoPagan.

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