BEASTIE: a term for the little house spirits that beg for attention by stealing your keys and driving your cat crazy! Can be overly protective, and helpful though really mischievious if you don't acknowledge them from time to time. There is no way to command their loyality or bonding with you; however, earnest 'willing' and 'calling' for such will generally bring one to you. Negative magick and exercises on YOUR part, will drive one away.

1) one's pets.

2) small house entities or spirits.

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BCE: BeforeCommonEra is the nonreligeous equivalent of BC.

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BELL::

1) An altar tool, symbol of the Goddess and rung during ritual to invoke Her. Also rung to ward off negative or evil and to evoke good energies.

2) to signal the beginning and, or end of a spell. Can symbolize the motion of the Elements and its swinging to and fro, represent the extremes of good and evil; positive and negative.

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BESOM: broom, usually the round type. Symbol of the Element Water.

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BIDDY:

1) a 'doll' made from the last sheaf from the last harvest....SEE CORN DOLLY.

2) the little 4" doll was made from material scraps.

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BOUQUET: in perfumery, a blend of natural or synthetic scents which produce a specific odor.

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BRAZIER: a thurible or incense burner. Usually ceramic or metal and often designed to be suspended or swung by a chain; usually ornate. The Brazier is often partly filled with sand so that incense sticks may be inserted or charcoal briquettes placed inside to burn. Catholics call this a Censer.

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BREED: is a mis-spelling of the phonetic sounding 'Bride', another name for Brigid, etc. and refers to the Goddess as well as the holiday of Imbolc, Candlemas, etc...Feb. 1st.  See GWYL FAIR

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BREHON: Called Breithamhain in Old Irish, these were the judges of the old Celtic world whose decisions were held in high regard. The Brehon Laws were the law codes which governed old ireland.

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BREIZ: The native name of the Bretons' Celtic language, also called Brezonek.

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BRETAGNE: The French name for Brittany.

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BRETON:  The name for a person from Brittany, that Celtic part of France where the population has always considered itself more Celtic than French.

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BREW: see infusion.

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BREZONEK: The Celtic, Brythonic language of Brittany still spoken today as a first or second language of over a million Bretons.

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BRIGID: also see Candlemas, a Sabbat Festival customarily held on February 2 eve. Also see GWYL FAIR:

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AVATAR: an advanced soul, who chooses to return to a physical body, in order to teach less evolved souls. Ex.: Buddha, Jesus, Mohammed, & Zoraster.

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BACULUM: Witches rod, staff, wand or "broomstick" used in divination and certain fertility spells.

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BRYTHONIC- One of the Celtic language groups; also a name used to refer to the Pagan tradtions of Wales, Cornwall, and England.

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BALEFIRE: a ritual fire built for a outdoor Sabbat Festival. The Balefire is used for magickal purposes and is traditionally lit on Yule, Beltaine & Midsummer. The name comes from the Anglo Saxon word Boon meaning "gift" or something extra.

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BANISH: the magickal act of driving away evil or negativity. A strong purification, sometimes associated with the removal of 'spirits'.

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BARD:  An ancient teacher who taught by the use of poems and song. They were a class of Druid who were the poets and singers that kept alive valuable oral traditions through song. These songs were called "cetel in Ireland and lay in Brittany. They could also be used as magickal spells to curse or bless those who they were directed at.

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BARDIEN: Welsh plural for Bards.

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