Witch Dictionary

SCRYING STONE: a stone or crystal used to see the future.

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CROMACH: A Scottish walking stick with a crooked handle similar to an Irish shillelagh.

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FIR FER: The rules which governed Celtic battle. The Gaelic words mean "fair play."

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THEBIAN SCRIPT: The Witches Alphabet, a common type of writing used esp. by "traditionalist" and Gardnerian Wiccans.

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TIRN AILL: Literally means "Other Land." Another name for Tir Nan Og.

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ANAPHRODISIAC: a substance, such as camphor, that reduces sexual desires.

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Triscale or Triskele: A Celtic symbol used by the Druids to represent the sacred number three. It was a cirlce devided into three equal spaces separated by swirling lines which radiate out from the center.

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I.R.A.B.: I Read A Book. A factitious description of a self styled teacher of Wicca, Magick or Paganism who reads one or several books of various accuracy, and decides to begin teaching  without knowledge, credentials, or ability.

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ZYZYGY: an astrology term...event when 3 or more heavenly bodies (that is, planets, etc.), line up.

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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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COVENDOM: the area watched over by a coven.

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African traditional medicine , African medicine, , African witch doctor, African witch doctors, Traditional African medicine:

A system of traditional medicine which is based on the beliefs and practices of the African peoples. It includes treatment by medicinal plants and other materia medica as well as by the ministrations of diviners, medicine men, witch doctors, and sorcerers.

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SOLITARY: A Witch who practices Witchcraft or Wicca and worships alone rather than as a member of a coven. During the early growth of Witchcraft and Wicca in neo-Pagan circles one had to be initiated by another Witch, but as Craft traditions changed and became more liberal, it became acceptable to initiate one’s self.

Many solitaries have belonged to various covens and have decided they prefer being alone; others opt to be solitaries to protect their privacy.

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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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someone who is adept at magic but not a witch

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HIGH PRIEST/ESS: Technically speaking, a Witch who has received the 3rd degree initiation. More usually, the male and female leaders of a coven.

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PENTACLE - An altar upon an altar, usually a disc shaped talisman; which can be fashioned from wood, Beeswax, stone or, more commonly in today's world, metal, which may or may not have inscribed upon it the five pointed star of the Pentagram, as well as other mystical symbols. Among the witch's working tools, it is this disc which represents the earth element.

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Charging - The act of empowering an herb stone or other magickal object with one's own energies directoed towards a magickal purpose.

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Akasha - The all-pervading spiritual *ether*.

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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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Witch. From the Anglo-Saxon word wicce, German wissen, "to know", and wikken, "to divine". The witches were at first called "wise women", until the day when the Church took it unto herself to follow the law of Moses, which put every "witch" or enchantress to death.

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Aka - Cord between the physical and astral bodies.

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