Terms

athame
cermonial knife rarely used for cutting. Most often used as a symbol for Air in a ritual.

Book of Shadows
- Collection of spells and rituals. Known as a grimoire in the past.

bolline
A knife used for cutting herbs or inscribing things. Handle is often white

Burning Times
Time during which witches (and anyone else accused of not being
Christian) were torchered and killed by the Church

Cabbala/Kabbalah/Qabala
Hebrew magical practices

chakras
seven major energy spots found on the human body. Crown of
the head, forehead, throat, chest, navel, groin, feet

deosil
clockwise

eclectic
Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of
sources, systems, or styles (read eclectic wiccan)

ECU
East Carolina University

elements
Basic elements that control nature. Fire, Water, Earth,
Air. Spirit is sometimes considered the fifth element and is
represented as the top point in the pentacle

Lady
The female god. Name depends entirely on person calling
her but is usually associated with the Earth and Moon

Symbol of the Goddess

Lord
The male god. Name depends entirely on person calling or worshipping
him but usually associated with the Sun and Fire

Symbol of the God

pagan
One who is not a Christian, Muslim, or Jewish, especially
a worshiper of a polytheistic religion

pentacle
The five pointed star worn by pagans to remind them of the five
basic elements (Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Spirit). The true
pentacle is upright when there is a point at the very top
(unlike the Satanistic pentagram which places the top point at
the bottom of the star (this is akin to Satanists wearing an upside-down cross)).

polytheistic
The worship of or belief in more than one god.

PSA
Pagan Student Association

UPP
Unidentified Partying Pagan

wanning
shrinking

waxing
growing

Wiccan
A polytheistic nature religion inspired by various pre-Christian
western European beliefs, whose central deity is a mother goddess

Wiccan Rede
the poem used by most people to signify the basic Wiccan rules. Found on this website at Wiccan Rede

Widdershins
counter-clockwise