A
Adept A master of the magic arts
Alraun Talismanic image made from rowan wood
Altar Magical table of practice, usually placed centre circle.
Amulet Magical mascot or "lucky charm"
Arcana Secret formulae or process. Also used to denote deck of Tarot cards, the Major Arcana being
the "trumps" numbered from 0 to 21, the Minor being the 56 "pip" and "court" cards
Athame Witches' black-hilted knife
Averse Black, or evil, usually applied to magical processes
B
Baculum Witches' rod, staff, wand, or "broomstick" used in divination and certain fertility spells
Balefire Ritual coven fire
Ban To curse
Bane Poisonous or destructive thing. Banishing exorcism (q.v.). Often applied to an herb, e.g.,
hemlock
Barrow An elven or Celtic burial mound often used by coven for Sabbat covenstead
Beltane May Eve witch festival
Bind To cast a spell on, also to practise ligature (q.v.)
Bolline An Athame, often curved like a sickle Brigid February 2nd Eve witch festival - Candlemas
C
Cabala
l (1) Body of lore stemming from early Chaldean and Mesopotamian traditions, later
incorporated within certain rabbinical texts,
l (2) practical magical processes deriving therefrom
Candlemas (q.v. Brigid)
Chalice Magical cup used for philters and libations
Charm Spoken or chanted words of magical intent
Cingulum Witches' cord or girdle
Cone of power "Cone" of collective witch power raised by assembled coven within circle to forward
a certain aim previously decided upon
Conjuration An act of summoning a demon or shade
Contact Demon, deceased human or "god" coven instructor
Coven Witches' group of not more than thirteen members
Covendom Three-mile radius of coven's domain Covenstead Place where coven meets Cowan
Uninitiated intruder Cromlech Welsh word for dolmen (q.v.)
D
Dagyde Witches' image-needle or pin
Demon Nonhuman spirit (see Foreword and Chapter 1)
Deosil Turning clockwise and sunways
Devil "Little god," title for the magister as representative of one of the Mighty Ones
Divination Magical method of exploration or inquiry into a situation
Dolmen Elven structure of stone. Megalithic monument. Often used as covenstead by witches
E
Eidolon Wraith or fetch. Witch power formulated into semi-tangible human shape
Elemental Witch's magically created familiar (q.v.)
Elements Cognate "of the Wise": fire, air, earth, and water. The four basic modes of manifestation of
matter and energy according to arcane lore
Elf fire Need fire or Wildfire. Flame to light coven balefire produced without the use of metals
Elvenfolk Descendants of the witch gods, or Mighty Ones; Prytani or Faeryfolk
Esbat Weekly or fortnightly witch meeting
Evil eye Involuntary Eye biting (q.v.)
Evocation Conjuration, often to visible appearance
Exorcism Magical operation of purifying something from all alien influences
Eye biting Cursing with a glance - overlooking
Familiar
l (1) Coven totem animal,
l (2) witch's pet animal,
l (3) elemental servant
Fascination Process of casting a spell upon someone using only the projection of witch power in
close personal proximity
Fell Baneful (q.v. Bane)
Fetch Wraith (q.v.)
G
Glamour Fascination
Goetia, goetic Pertaining to medieval sorcery (q.v.)
Grimoire Book of magic belonging to individual or coven, Book of Shadows
H
Hallows Halloween, Samhain, or Shamain, November 1 Eve witch festival
Hexagram Six-pointed talismanic star made of two interlaced triangles
Honorian script Witch runes
I
Imbolc Oimelc, Brigid (q.v.)
Incantation Charm (q.v.)
Incubus Male wraith form projected for purposes of sexual intercourse
Invocation Calling down of power, beseeching the indwelling of a god
J
Jewel Talismanic item of witch regalia
L
Lady
l (1) Female leader of coven,
l (2) female ruler of an elf-rath
Lammas August witch festival - Lugnassad
Ligature Magical binding of person in order to prevent him accomplishing a specified thing or course
of action
Linking Commemoration. Process of mental identification with past adepts or appropriate symbols
within a magical operation
Living Fire Elf fire (q.v.)
Lugnassad Lammas (q.v.)
Lycanthropy
l (1) Chain-dance "assumption" of animal form,
l (2) projection of wraith in animal form
M
Magic The ancient lore of the Watchers, comprising the knowledge of certain powers resident within
the deep mind of man, by means of which natural law can be affected without using the generally
recognized channels of communication. Parapsychic manipulation. The use of magic is witchcraft
Magistellus Elemental servant (q.v. Familiar)
Magister Master; male leader of coven
Magnetism Term deriving from Anton Mesmer's eighteenth-century theory of witch power
Magus Male practitioner of magic, wizard
Maiden Coven title conferred upon the Lady, sometimes the Lady's daughter
Mandragore, Mandrake Plant Magistellus
Mighty Ones The ancient witch gods, Watchers, or Sons of Heaven
Mommet Alternative to poppet or voodoo doll
N
Necromancy Evocation of the dead
Need fire Elf fire (q.v.)
Northways Anticlockwise, widdershins, against the sun
O
Object link Material sample impregnated with magnetism of proposed victim or subject of magic (as
opposed to power object q.v.)
Officer Third coven leader. Magister's lieutenant, also known as the Man in Black, Verdelet, and the
summoner
Oimelc Imbolc (q.v.)
Old Ones Mighty Ones, archetypal witch gods derived from legends of the Watchers
Overlook To voluntarily cast the evil eye or eye bite (q.v.)
P
Pact Initiate's signatures in coven register given as written pledge of silence
Pendulum Witches' divination device
Pentacle
l (1) Talisman,
l (2) five-pointed star - pen-tangle or pentagram
Power object Material object charged with witch power and transferred into victim or subject's
presence to effect a certain result; psychic battery
Puppet (poppet) Mommet (q.v.)
R
Rath Celtic word for elven dwelling
Repercussion Phenomenon of reproduction of injuries received by projected wraith form on
entranced parent body
Runes
l (1) Ancient magical script or hieroglyphic alphabet,
l (2) spells
S
Sabbat Witches' meeting at quarterly and cross-quarterly festival
Samhain See Hallows
Scry To divine by a show stone or mirror
Seal A demon's signature or summoning diagram, sigil
Seeing stone Show stone or crystal ball
Servitor Familiar (q.v.)
Shade Spirit of a dead person
Siderite Witch amulet of lodestone
Sigil Seal (q.v.)
Simple Philter derived from a single herb
Sorcery Magic, often of an adverse nature
Southways Deosil (q.v.)
Speculum Magical mirror or crystal for scrying in
Spell Magical operation
St. John's (Eve) The midsummer witch festival
Succubus Female wraith form projected for purposes of sexual intercourse
Summoner Officer (q.v.)
T
Talisman Power object (q.v.)
Theban Honorian script (q.v.)
Thurible Chafing dish or incense burner
Transvection
l (1) Levitation,
l (2) projection of the wraith form
V
Vampire Predatory wraith form
Verendum Baculum (q.v.)
Vibrations Magical atmosphere around person, place, or thing
Vortex Cone of power (q.v.)
W
Walpurgis Night Beltane (q.v.) Wand Baculum (q.v.)
Warlock Originally term of abuse meaning "traitor," now used generally within the United States to
signify wizard (q.v.)
Watcher
l (1) Elemental guardian,
l (2) Old One (q.v.)
Werewolf Predatory wraith form
Widdershins, Withershins Anticlockwise, northways Wildfire Elf Fire (q.v.)
Witch One skilled in the ancient wisdom; originally used for both sexes, now generally only for
female
Wizard Male equivalent of witch, wise man
Wraith, wraith form Projected astral body. Mobile form of witch power ensouled by witch's
exteriorized consciousness
Y
Yule Midwinter witch festival
Adept A master of the magic arts
Alraun Talismanic image made from rowan wood
Altar Magical table of practice, usually placed centre circle.
Amulet Magical mascot or "lucky charm"
Arcana Secret formulae or process. Also used to denote deck of Tarot cards, the Major Arcana being
the "trumps" numbered from 0 to 21, the Minor being the 56 "pip" and "court" cards
Athame Witches' black-hilted knife
Averse Black, or evil, usually applied to magical processes
B
Baculum Witches' rod, staff, wand, or "broomstick" used in divination and certain fertility spells
Balefire Ritual coven fire
Ban To curse
Bane Poisonous or destructive thing. Banishing exorcism (q.v.). Often applied to an herb, e.g.,
hemlock
Barrow An elven or Celtic burial mound often used by coven for Sabbat covenstead
Beltane May Eve witch festival
Bind To cast a spell on, also to practise ligature (q.v.)
Bolline An Athame, often curved like a sickle Brigid February 2nd Eve witch festival - Candlemas
C
Cabala
l (1) Body of lore stemming from early Chaldean and Mesopotamian traditions, later
incorporated within certain rabbinical texts,
l (2) practical magical processes deriving therefrom
Candlemas (q.v. Brigid)
Chalice Magical cup used for philters and libations
Charm Spoken or chanted words of magical intent
Cingulum Witches' cord or girdle
Cone of power "Cone" of collective witch power raised by assembled coven within circle to forward
a certain aim previously decided upon
Conjuration An act of summoning a demon or shade
Contact Demon, deceased human or "god" coven instructor
Coven Witches' group of not more than thirteen members
Covendom Three-mile radius of coven's domain Covenstead Place where coven meets Cowan
Uninitiated intruder Cromlech Welsh word for dolmen (q.v.)
D
Dagyde Witches' image-needle or pin
Demon Nonhuman spirit (see Foreword and Chapter 1)
Deosil Turning clockwise and sunways
Devil "Little god," title for the magister as representative of one of the Mighty Ones
Divination Magical method of exploration or inquiry into a situation
Dolmen Elven structure of stone. Megalithic monument. Often used as covenstead by witches
E
Eidolon Wraith or fetch. Witch power formulated into semi-tangible human shape
Elemental Witch's magically created familiar (q.v.)
Elements Cognate "of the Wise": fire, air, earth, and water. The four basic modes of manifestation of
matter and energy according to arcane lore
Elf fire Need fire or Wildfire. Flame to light coven balefire produced without the use of metals
Elvenfolk Descendants of the witch gods, or Mighty Ones; Prytani or Faeryfolk
Esbat Weekly or fortnightly witch meeting
Evil eye Involuntary Eye biting (q.v.)
Evocation Conjuration, often to visible appearance
Exorcism Magical operation of purifying something from all alien influences
Eye biting Cursing with a glance - overlooking
Familiar
l (1) Coven totem animal,
l (2) witch's pet animal,
l (3) elemental servant
Fascination Process of casting a spell upon someone using only the projection of witch power in
close personal proximity
Fell Baneful (q.v. Bane)
Fetch Wraith (q.v.)
G
Glamour Fascination
Goetia, goetic Pertaining to medieval sorcery (q.v.)
Grimoire Book of magic belonging to individual or coven, Book of Shadows
H
Hallows Halloween, Samhain, or Shamain, November 1 Eve witch festival
Hexagram Six-pointed talismanic star made of two interlaced triangles
Honorian script Witch runes
I
Imbolc Oimelc, Brigid (q.v.)
Incantation Charm (q.v.)
Incubus Male wraith form projected for purposes of sexual intercourse
Invocation Calling down of power, beseeching the indwelling of a god
J
Jewel Talismanic item of witch regalia
L
Lady
l (1) Female leader of coven,
l (2) female ruler of an elf-rath
Lammas August witch festival - Lugnassad
Ligature Magical binding of person in order to prevent him accomplishing a specified thing or course
of action
Linking Commemoration. Process of mental identification with past adepts or appropriate symbols
within a magical operation
Living Fire Elf fire (q.v.)
Lugnassad Lammas (q.v.)
Lycanthropy
l (1) Chain-dance "assumption" of animal form,
l (2) projection of wraith in animal form
M
Magic The ancient lore of the Watchers, comprising the knowledge of certain powers resident within
the deep mind of man, by means of which natural law can be affected without using the generally
recognized channels of communication. Parapsychic manipulation. The use of magic is witchcraft
Magistellus Elemental servant (q.v. Familiar)
Magister Master; male leader of coven
Magnetism Term deriving from Anton Mesmer's eighteenth-century theory of witch power
Magus Male practitioner of magic, wizard
Maiden Coven title conferred upon the Lady, sometimes the Lady's daughter
Mandragore, Mandrake Plant Magistellus
Mighty Ones The ancient witch gods, Watchers, or Sons of Heaven
Mommet Alternative to poppet or voodoo doll
N
Necromancy Evocation of the dead
Need fire Elf fire (q.v.)
Northways Anticlockwise, widdershins, against the sun
O
Object link Material sample impregnated with magnetism of proposed victim or subject of magic (as
opposed to power object q.v.)
Officer Third coven leader. Magister's lieutenant, also known as the Man in Black, Verdelet, and the
summoner
Oimelc Imbolc (q.v.)
Old Ones Mighty Ones, archetypal witch gods derived from legends of the Watchers
Overlook To voluntarily cast the evil eye or eye bite (q.v.)
P
Pact Initiate's signatures in coven register given as written pledge of silence
Pendulum Witches' divination device
Pentacle
l (1) Talisman,
l (2) five-pointed star - pen-tangle or pentagram
Power object Material object charged with witch power and transferred into victim or subject's
presence to effect a certain result; psychic battery
Puppet (poppet) Mommet (q.v.)
R
Rath Celtic word for elven dwelling
Repercussion Phenomenon of reproduction of injuries received by projected wraith form on
entranced parent body
Runes
l (1) Ancient magical script or hieroglyphic alphabet,
l (2) spells
S
Sabbat Witches' meeting at quarterly and cross-quarterly festival
Samhain See Hallows
Scry To divine by a show stone or mirror
Seal A demon's signature or summoning diagram, sigil
Seeing stone Show stone or crystal ball
Servitor Familiar (q.v.)
Shade Spirit of a dead person
Siderite Witch amulet of lodestone
Sigil Seal (q.v.)
Simple Philter derived from a single herb
Sorcery Magic, often of an adverse nature
Southways Deosil (q.v.)
Speculum Magical mirror or crystal for scrying in
Spell Magical operation
St. John's (Eve) The midsummer witch festival
Succubus Female wraith form projected for purposes of sexual intercourse
Summoner Officer (q.v.)
T
Talisman Power object (q.v.)
Theban Honorian script (q.v.)
Thurible Chafing dish or incense burner
Transvection
l (1) Levitation,
l (2) projection of the wraith form
V
Vampire Predatory wraith form
Verendum Baculum (q.v.)
Vibrations Magical atmosphere around person, place, or thing
Vortex Cone of power (q.v.)
W
Walpurgis Night Beltane (q.v.) Wand Baculum (q.v.)
Warlock Originally term of abuse meaning "traitor," now used generally within the United States to
signify wizard (q.v.)
Watcher
l (1) Elemental guardian,
l (2) Old One (q.v.)
Werewolf Predatory wraith form
Widdershins, Withershins Anticlockwise, northways Wildfire Elf Fire (q.v.)
Witch One skilled in the ancient wisdom; originally used for both sexes, now generally only for
female
Wizard Male equivalent of witch, wise man
Wraith, wraith form Projected astral body. Mobile form of witch power ensouled by witch's
exteriorized consciousness
Y
Yule Midwinter witch festival
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