Symbol:

A sign plus an associated concept.

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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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Aportation:

A PK talent involving the seemingly instantaneous movement of an object from one location in space-time to another, apparently without going through the normal space-time in between. See Teleportation.

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Mechanistic:

A word used (usually as an insult) to refer to those who prefer to analyze even supposedly nonphysical phenomena in terms of physical or mechanical patterns of behavior.

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Aka - Cord between the physical and astral bodies.

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Cleric:

A person who uses both passive and active talents and rites for both thaumaturgical and theurgical purposes, for personal and public benefit.

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CREATION MYTH - myths about the origins of the world, often falling in one of four types.

1. creation from nothing in which God fashions Heaven and Earth from sound, word/thought.

2. creation from a cosmic egg in which the universe arises from complementary opposite principles.

3. an Earth diver story in which an emissary from the heavenly realm plunges into the chaos below and brings up clay or mud to fashion the Earth.

4. an emergence myth in which the first people emerge into the world of light from the underworld below. (NAD)

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WICCAN SHAMANISM: Created by Selena Fox, high priestess of Circle Sanctuary, Wiccan Shamanism is a religion that blends Wiccan practice, humanistic psychology and a variety of shamanistic practices from tribal societies around the world. Healing is the primary focus of a Wiccan Shaman, and he/she observes all the sabbats, traditional activities, and the Wiccan Rede in conjunction with shamanic practices such as vision questing and dreamtime.

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

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CANDLE MAGICK - burning candles of special colors, shapes and aromas to achieve magickal ends. (NAD)

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

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B.C.E - Before Common Era, non-christian version of B.C.

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Blessing:

The use of magic to benefit an object or being.

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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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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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PECTI-WITA, PICTISH WITCHCRAFT: This is the solitary path of the pre-Celtic people known as the Picts. They inhabited northern Scotland and warred frequently with the Celts before being absorbed by them. The main tools in Pecti-Wita are the Staff and the Athame (Buckland calls it a Dirk). Pecti-Witans  use a "Keek-Stane" which is, in effect, a scrying stone or the equivalent of a crystal ball.

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

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ARTEMIS –

1. Greek Goddess of the Forest.

2. symbol of wilderness in women which is not to be lost (Robert Bly) (NAD)

The Greek version of the classical moon-goddess, whom the Romans called Diana. Artemis may mean: Height Source of Water; as the moon was anciently supposed to be the source and ruler of all waters. (ABC)

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

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