BULL’S NOON: An alternate term for Midnight.

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BEATING THE BOUNDS: This act is performed by a group of local folk perambulating their farms, manors, kirkyards or specific geographical boundaries stopping at particular markers such as trees, walls, hedges, wells and standing stones that mark the extent of the boundary in order to ritually *beat'* specific landmarks with sticks (of Ash and Birch) to chase off such things as the spirit of the old year and negative energies for protective measures. 

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spirit entity

A being of the spirit realm who at one time resided on earthplane. Not an angel

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YARTHKIN: A fertility spirit (also called Tiddy People or Greencoaties - with one known as Tiddy Mun having specific beneficent actions), when neglected and proper tributes are not kept up they can become malevolent as in the case of the spirit known as Yallery Brown.

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BUD-WILL: A *magical child* or spirit created by a Witch and her covenmates (can be made on a solo basis as well), long term bud-wills are usually created from a concentrated group effort and charged with love and devotion from all the members of a group or coven. The bud-will is sometimes used for the purpose of sacrifice in a ritual or rite, the bud-will may take the form of a cake, a doll or poppet, a witch bottle or even a written glyph and feeds off the life-force of the Witch .

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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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ALRAUN: Talismanic image made from the root of the Mandrake, also has several other more esoteric meanings.

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ONEIRIC: Of or relating to or suggestive of dreams and the dream state, also the twilight stage between sleep and wakefulness.

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HYTERSPRITE: Benevolent earth spirit.

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World. As a prefix to mountains, trees, and so on, it denotes a universal belief. Thus the "World-Mountain" of the Hindus was Meru. As said in Isis Unveiled: "All the world-mountains and mundane eggs, the mundane trees, and the mundane snakes and pillars, may be shown to embody scientifically demonstrated truths of natural philosophy. All of these mountains contain, with very trifling variations, the allegorically-expressed description of primal cosmogony ; the mundane trees, that of subsequent evolution of spirit and matter; the mundane snakes and pillars, symbolical memorials of the various attributes of this double evolution in its endless correlation of cosmic forces. Within the mysterious recesses of the mountain - the matrix of the universe - the gods (powers) prepare the atomic germs of organic life, and at the same time the life-drink, which, when tasted, awakens in man-matter the

man-spirit.

The Soma, the sacrificial drink of the Hindus, is that sacred beverage. For, at the creation of the prima materia, while the grossest portions of it were used for the physical embryo-world, its more divine essence pervaded the universe, invisibly permeating and enclosing within its ethereal waves the newly-born infant, developing and stimulating it to activity as it slowly evolved out of the eternal chaos. From the poetry of abstract conception, these mundane myths gradually passed into the concrete images of cosmic symbols, as archeology now finds them." Another and still more usual prefix to all these objects is

"Mundane". (See "Mundane Egg", "Mundane Tree", and "Yggdrasil".)

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BESOM: A handcrafted broom usually made of Ash, Willow and Birch concealing a phallic shape betwixt the brushes and used in ritual purposes for mundane sweeping of the bought or compass as well as being anointed with traditional *flying ointments* created using dark herbs and *ridden* to achieve transvective states of lifting or being *oot and aboot*.

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GHOST ROADS: Known also as the Dragon Paths, Serpent Tracks, Coffin Paths etc. these roads overlap with the idea of Ley Lines first promulgated by Alfred Watkins. These roads are used by the newly deceased as they travel and make their way to the Underworld. On more ancient of the these lines can be found markers such as tumuli, barrows, churches and cemeteries.

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DISTAFF LINE: The bloodline of a person as followed only in the matriarchal sense. The *Mother's Line* whereas Mother refers to Dame Fate and her distaff by which she spins the *threads of Fate*, the alternate Male line is known as the Spear.

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HIDDEN COMPANY: Discarnate Witches who act as Spirit Guides.

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WITCH BOTTLES: Also known as Bellarmines or Greybeards. Squat, narrow necked stoneware bottles depicting a Green-Man type figure ( in parody after Cardinal Roberto Bellarmino) placed as a subtle decorative motif and designed to act as a repellent against Witches. They are usually filled with such things as bent nails, urine, broken glass and needles and set in a pot of boiling water till they burst with the idea being that a form of linkage would occur that would cause great suffering to the bewitcher. They can additionally be buried to work over a longer period of time.

*To house the Hag you must do this;

Commix with meal a little Pisse

Of him bewitcht: then forthwith make

A little Wafer or a Cake.

And this raw'ly bak't will bring

The old Hag in. No surer thing.* Robert Herrick

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FETCH: The spiritual entity that usually takes on some sort of animalistic element and role and that is recognized in the Three Fold Alliance (human, faery and animal). A specific ally and helper that is born from a place outside our own consciousness and awareness but still comes from within our own mind though it appears to take on physical attributes.

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Spirit : Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Dream: I am being guided by a spirit

Dream: I am being guided by a spirit

Description: You encounter a deceased person who was significant in your life and a message is conveyed. There are several variations on this theme that may leave you with a feeling of wonderment, bittersweet joy or exaltation. They may also inspire you to change your life path or give you a belief in an afterlife. They feel real.

Frequency: Many of the motifs are common; others are rare. These dreams typically occur during active grief, which may last years.

Usual meanings: "I'm okay", "I'll always love you", "Go ahead", "Congratulations", "Here's a gift", "Please forgive me" and others.

Questions to ask yourself:

• What happens in your dream?
• Who is the spirit in your dream?
• What is the person/spirit saying to you?

Source: http://health.discovery.com

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Spirit : Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Being menaced by the dead or a spirit

Being menaced by the dead or a spirit

You feel you are being haunted or berated by someone who has died. There may be feelings of terror, guilt, resentment or abandonment. They may occur when you feel guilty or responsible for a death, or anxious about the situation. Although they are quite rare, Garfield says these can be among the most uncomfortable dreams we have.

These usually occur during active grief, which can last years. Visits from a deceased loved one may give you the feeling that he or she is OK, or inspire you to change your life. There's a feeling of hopefulness and comfort.

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BALEFIRE: The fire usually lit at the center of a compass for hallowing and saining purposes, providing illumination as well as heat and overlapping both mundane and magical functions.

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FITH FATH: (Pronounced Fee Faw) A Scots Gaelic term meaning *deer aspect* or one who takes on the appearance of a deer and the term relates to a corpus of initiatory shape shifting lore. The term fath is connected to specific poems and incantations that enable these transitions via the magical words spoken or sung.

*I sall goe until a Hare

Wi sorrow and sick mickle care

I sall goe in the Devil's name

An while I come home again* €€€

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KEPPEN ROD:  A stick or pole of sorts used for measuring.

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FAMILIAR: A more readily known and recognized term for the *Fetch*.

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