Altar: a focal point for Magickal tool and rituals
Akasha: The 5th element, the omnipresent spiritual power that permeates the universe.
Athame: Helps to direct energies raised in rituals.
Bolline: white handled knfe, witchs use.
Book of Shadows: a notebook or sacred book that a witch uses to write down her spells,rituals, notes,etc.
Cabochon: a cut and polished stone, round, oval, or square shaped,with one cut edge.
Chakra: Usually described as an energy vortex within the soul. Each chakra contains a certain function.
Cleansing: purifying and object for consecration.
Consecration: the act of cleansing an object for multiple magickal reasons.Done after cleansing.
Crystals: Can help with healing and can bring love to ones household and life, and balancing the chakras.
Deity: a god and/or goddess one believes and worships
Direct Magic: energy manipulation, working with it, and charging it with specific aspects or other types of energy.
Divination: psychic development.
Electrum: the product of blending various metals.
Energy Manipulation: forcing energy to move or act in certain ways.
Re: Glossary Terms By: Licentia
Post # 2 Jan 31, 2011
Familiar: an animal used by witches during a ceremony or ritual
Lodestone: a piece of magnetite, connected to a msgnetic field. Contains crystal properties.
Meditation: Used to empower ones soul on some paths in the occult, or to relax ones self.
Metaphysical: Pertaining to realities which are outside those of science, such has cosmology and divination. Gemstones carried to draw in love or wealth have receptive energy.
Poppet: small doll used to represent another person in spells.
Progeria: aging way beyond the young years. It's a disease that makes 5 year olds look like 80 year old midgets. Physiognomy the belief in the link between animal and human features i.e my hubby looks like his rat.
Psionics: a form of direct magic often associated with divination of which a person charges energy waves with elemental aspects and manipulates it. I.e, kinetic abilities.
Receptive Energy: The energy that attracts or is magnetic.
Sigil: A symbol with some occult meaning that may be used in magickal workings. Often a seal, sign or other drawing, it may be carried or otherwise used to represent and manifest the power or idea symbolized
Spell: A magical working directed toward the achievement of some goal such as healing, banishing, changing a condition, etc. Sometimes refers to the verbal part of the ritual.
Scrying: A method of divination in which one gazes at an object (crystal ball, water, candle, mirror) until prophetic visions appear.
Striations: Fine grooves or lines found in certain stones
Talisman: An object carried for protection or other goals that has been charged for that purpose. Examples are gemstones, shells, drawings and virtually any small object that one may carry.
Totem: An object, usually an animal or plant, revered by an individual or a particular social group. A group totem represents the bond of unity and is often considered the ancestor or brother of the group's members; marriage between those of one totem is often prohibited as incest. The group's symbol and protector, the totem may be pictured on the body or masks, or carved on totem poles
Warlock: NOT a male Witch- It's original meaning, derived from the Old English ''waer logga,'' is ''oath breaker'' and it was used in reference to a traitor to the Craft during the Burning Times.
Widdershins: Counterclockwise motion used in magical workings or ceremonies. It means to go backward and is sometimes used in banishing magick.
Re: Glossary Terms By: Licentia
Post # 3 Jan 31, 2011
All of these terms have previously been added to the forums by: debbied, Metis, Willow13, XxRubyxX, Themis, ginseng
I remade this thread to clean it up. If you have any terms that you wish to add please mail them to me.
Thank you all of you who began this post.
Re: Glossary Terms By: Licentia
Post # 4 Jan 31, 2011
I'd just like to add, I have also seen the word ''familiar'' refer to a particular animal that has a deeper than average bond with their 'human' (not sure what other word could fit there).
The familiar could be a pet or simply friendly animal that helps out in one way or another, usually by some form of energy manipulation or communication (not speaking english or any other human language) that most other animals wouldn't/couldn't do. For example, some cats have been known to help in healing especially or in watching out for harmful/negative spirits. These cats could be the familiar of their owner or whoever it is they help, not always necessarily the owner.
