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Earth Magick A practical form of magick involving drawing energy from Gaia (Mother Earth) and the element or elementals of earth for rituals.

Earth Power The force or vibration that exists in inanimate objects such as stones, water, fire, and plants. It may be controlled and used in magickal operations.

Eclectic A person or a practice which combines attributes from various traditions to create a unique spiritual blend of Wicca, paganism, or occult or metaphysical paths.

Ecstasy From ex-histanai (GRK), “to cause to stand out”. A state beyond or outside reason and rationality. This is the trance state or transcendence of self, central to many forms of shamanism and charismatic religious practice.

Egrigor A thought form created by will and visualization.

Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh (HEB) Existence of Existences. “I Am What Am.” A title of Kether.

Ekagratwa (SKT) “One-pointedness.” In mediation, the act of concentrating the mind on a single thought or image. See Dharma

Elan Vital A term originating with the French philosopher Henri Bergson and later used widely to refer to the power responsible for universal and human evolution. See Vril

Elder god A deity having no relationship to humanity or human activities. The personalization of a pattern existing prior to people. The Aztec creation deity Ometecutti is a good example of an elder god. The Aztecs built few temples and rarely worshipped this god because he was considered simply too remote from humanity. See Cthulhu Mythos

Electrum Am alchemical term. A metal containing al the metals attributed to the seven planets. The word electrum is also used to refer to an alloy of one part sliver and five parts gold. Sometimes also used to refer to amber.

Element The substances or forces (Earth, Air, Fire and Water) whose interactions compose the physical universe. The bread and wine used in the Eucharist are also known as elements. See Tattwa

Elemental A personification of one of the four or five elements. In the West, Earth elements are known as gnomes, Water elementals as undines, Air elementals as sylphs, and Fire elementals as salamanders. The elementals of Spirit (akasha or ether) are called sprites.

Some Western systems have hierarchies of elementals set up in much the same manner as the arrangements of archangels and angelic choirs in the Hebrew qabalah. Elementals are usually considered to be mindless or at least innocent in regard to the human world. Spirits made of invisible natural energies, conjured to aid in magickal works. The most common names given to each are: Gnome—Earth elemental; Sylph—Air elemental; Salamander—Fire elemental; and Undine—Water elemental. See Spirit

Elemental, Artificial A term used by some Western practitioners to refer to a spirit of embodied pattern “created” ritually by a magickian to fulfill a specific purpose. Usually considered to be a relatively simplistic construct. See Spirit Helper

Elemental, Nature Minor nature spirits such as those inhabiting or associated with tree, streams, mountains, storms, etc. Each of these elementals would be considered to be the spirit of a specific tree, river, mountain, or whatever, rather than being the personification of Mountain (the set of all mountains or mountain-ness). A entity so inclusive would be better thought of as an Elder God. Dryads, neriads, nymphs, and many of the Celtic fairies are nature elementals. See Spirit

Elemental Planes The first planes above the “lower astral.” The realms of elemental spirits. Between the physical and the astral planes; thought to be where all of Nature's energies reside. Those natural things we see in the physical realm also exist here, in the same places, yet take slightly different forms here. "Elementals" are often thought to reside here as well. See Planes

Elixir A magically charged liquid. A crystal or gem is placed in the liquid for a specified amount of time during its preparation.

Elixir of Life An alchemical term. The Elixir was said to confer immortality and restore youth. It is derived from the Philosopher’s Stone. Fulcanelli and the Comte de Saint Germain are two alchemists who are said to have discovered the Elixir of Life. See Philosopher’s Stone

Empowerment Assertion of personal abilities. These abilities include personal power, energy, force, and strength in all fields... spiritual, physical, mental, magickal.

Enchantment A method of spell casting usually involving spoken words of power. An enchantment may be put on something to gain control or authority over it. Enchanted objects generally "carry" the magick imbued upon them, with them.

Enochian Enochian is a language, an alphabet, and a system of ceremonial magick. Enochian was received and developed by Dr. John Dee (1527-1608). Dee was a talented mathematician, scientist, philosopher, cartographer, physician, secret agent, and occultist. He is probably best known, however, as Queen Elizabeth’s astrologer.

Enochian was received through the crystal-gazing abilities of Edward Kelley, enigmatic and ne’er-do-well assistant to Dee’s scrying experiments. The Enochian magickal system is a complex arrangement of elemental hierarchies culminating in the four “Supreme Eternal Kings.” According to the visions reported by Kelley, Enochian is the secret language of angels (i.e. the language of Enoch). Kelley described an angelic figure which appeared in his “shew-stone” and pointed to letters on different tables which Kelley and Dee had constructed. Much of Enochian was supposedly dictated backwards because of its extreme magickal potency. There is some evidence that Dee was performing espionage for the British Crown during this period and may have sent messages disguised as “angelic conversations.” Since Dee was highly expert in cryptography (particularly the forms used by Abbot Trithemius), it is very difficult to tell whether Enochian is a cryptographic system masquerading as a magickal revelation or vice-versa. The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and the Aurum Solis has done the most through and detailed work on the magickal aspects of Enochian.

Epiphany From epiphainein (GRK), “to manifest.” The appearance of a deity at a paticular place. A moment of divine revelation. The burning bush appearing to Moses is an example of epiphany.

Erh (CHI) the fulfillment or flowering of the Tao into the “ten thousand things.” Yin and yang. See Tao

Erodinium An omen, hidden until after the fact, then a presage signifying a recurrence of the event. A ripple or node of synchronicity. SeeSynchronicity

Esbat A gathering generally held during the full or new moon for ritual work.

Esh (HRB) The Hebrew word for elemental Fire, symbolic strength, courage, energy and will. One of the four elements.

Esh Mezareph (HEB) A phrase meaning “purifying fire.” Perhaps akin to candali in the Vajrayana tradition. This is the name of one of the books contained in the Kabbala Denudata, one of the first important translations of the Zohar. See Secret Fire

Essential Oil A plant oil which is extracted through a very complex process usually using pressure or heat. They are rarely an oily substance. Often used in rituals.

Eternity From the Latin aeternitas. An immeasurable length of time without beginning or end.

Ether An archaic Western term usually used to refer to Spirit or akasha. See Akasha

Ethereal Projection An out-of-body experience similar to astral projection except that one is traveling through (or perceives) the material world rather than the more subjective astral planes. Supposedly, one who has mastered this practice may obtain valid information concerning events in the physical world. Some people refer to this skill as remote viewing. Many systems include the belief that it is possible to effect changes in the world with the ethereal body, particularly healing.

Eucharist From a Greek word meaning “gratefulness” or “thanksgiving.” The sacrament of the Lord’s Supper; the communion. Also, the consecrated elements of the Lord’s Supper, especially the bread. See Host; Theurgy.

Evestrum The Eternal Substance of Heaven. The spirit or essence of prophecy. Similar to the Sanskrit concept of purusha and the Hebrew Adam Kadmon. See Adam Kadmon; Purusha.

Evil Eye When one is under the influence of bad fortune, they are said to have been struck by the evil eye. Also pertains to an old term for hexing, by "sending the evil eye" to someone through ritual work.

Evoke: To seek to influence the spirits/deities to help in a ritual.

Evocation A ritual intended to manifest (establish communication with) an entity seemingly outside yourself. The summoning of a spirit.

Excommunication A ritual performed by a priest to sever the link between God and an individual (accused of heresy or total nonrepentance). Formally, a malediction is read, a bell tolled for the dead, and a candle extinguished (symbolizing the offending soul being cast forth from the sight of God). Consequently the phrase “bell, book, and candle.” Excommunication could be considered as a form of black magick.

Exorcism Just as banishing is an attempt to sever connection and communication with some entity, force, or patern seen as inhabiting or saturating a place or thing, exorcism is an attempt to sever connection with a being or force perceived as being inside a person. See Banishing; Possession.

Externalization The manifestation of spirit or thought-form in the external world. Suppodedly, this occurs during séances when astral images imprint on ectoplasm. This is similar to the practice of summoning spirits to visibly manifest in the smoke of ritual incense. See Evocation


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