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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NICNEVIN:  Also Gyre-Carling, Scottish Lowlands term for the Queen of Elphame or Daughter of the Bones, this term has certain diabolic associations.

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ARTHAME: A ritual knife usually used symbolically - also known as athame.

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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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An Egyptian hieroglyphic that is widely used as a symbol for
life, love, and reincarnation

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COMING OF AGE RITUAL: At age 13 for boys, and at the time of a girl's first menses, Pagan children are seen as spiritual adults. The ritual celebrates their new maturity. Generally this is the age when they are permitted membership in covens.

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THEOLOGY: is Greek, meaning the 'Study of God and the religion and cultures effected by them. . Thealogy: new usage & spelling, the 'Study of Goddess'.

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A state of consciousness characterized by longer, slower brain waves, called alpha waves. Associated with a state of relaxation

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QUIMBANDA: Harmful magick in the Macumba Tradition; a Brazilian form of Vodoun and Santería. Macumba is not in itself a religion but the umbrella for the two principal forms of African spirit worship in Brazil: Candomblé and Umbanda. Macumba is sometimes used to refer to harmful magick, but that is more properly called Quimbanda.

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SWORD: used to refer to any magickal sword used by a Pagan, Witch or magician, in conjuration or ceremonial work.

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TRIPLE GODDESS - Refer to MOTHER, MAIDEN, CRONE

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SATAN:

1) means an opponent or adversary in Hebrew. Ha-satan designates a supreme evil entity; Greek: diabolos.

2) This is a Christian concept. The Prince of Darkness; Evil incarnate; The negative side of the Good, Evil duality; Pagans and Witches do not believe in this being, nor do they worship such a concept.

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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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A nonordinary state of consciousness that can range from states of light meditation and hypnosis to states of trance.

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QUEENING: goes with KINGING, & is a Z.Budapest practice for mature women.

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PUCKEREL: Another term for the Fetch, also known as the Puckril, or Bid. .

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STANG: A forked ritual staff usually of Ash wood that serves as an altar -- additionally it is a physical representation of the World Tree or Irminsul showing the illusion of duality, as well as being a staff of office for the coven Magister or Magistra. Also functions as a simple walking stick and early versions were used to mark ley lines and used as tools to survey the surrounding countryside.

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WITCH:

1) Sometimes used name of a follower of Wicca.

2) Ancient, European practitioner of folk magick, especially that of herb and 'simple' magicks. NOTE: Saxon for 'wych'.

3) initiated male or female member of the Old Religion; one skilled in the ancient wisdom; practitioner of Witchcraft.

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MAGUS: (pl. magi)...pronounced MAY-GUS, MY-JI (as in eye). Archaic meaning: a hereditary priest of Medes or Persia. General meaning is a magician or sorcerer. Most often used to refer to one advanced in magickal practice.

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someone who is adept at magic but not a witch

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COWAN: unwelcome non-Pagan intruder. Non-craft person, an outsider. Term also used by freemasons to describe the same type of person. a person, not of Wiccan beliefs. It use to refer, as a derogatory term for a 'fake' or 'gameplayer' Pagan; a FOOL who doesn't know what they are talking about.

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ELDER: has various meanings in different branches of the Craft, but usually refers to one of advanced degree. In some traditions, it means one who has been a third degree for more than a year.

1) In some three degree traditions, a Witch of Third degree, who has spent 3 years and 3 days in formal training.

2) A Coven Leader.

3) a Witch who has enough knowledge to preserve and teach their tradition to neophytes from scratch, without benefit of books.

4) In Y Dynion Mwyn it means one who has obtained a fourth level initiation.

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