Word

Definition

Abortifacients

Botanicals which can induce the fatal and premature expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the womb. Angelica, juniper, mayapple, pennyroyal, rue, and tansy are examples of abortifacient herbs.

Abracadabra

A word used as an incantation, considered by some to be the phrase that is pronounced most universally in other languages without translatio

Aeromancy

Divination by observing the wind.

Aisling

The aisling (Irish aislinn) or vision poem is a poetic genre that developed during the late 17th and 18th centuries in Irish language poetry. In an aisling, the island of Ireland appears to the poet in a vision in the form of a woman, sometimes young and beautiful, sometimes old and haggard. This female figure is generally referred to in the poems as An Spéirbhean (the sky-woman).

Aka

The cord between the astral body and the physical body, most likely this concept is derived from the biblical reference to a "silver cord" connected the body and the soul.

Akasha

The fifth element, the omnipresent spiritual power that permeates the universe. It is the energy out of which the Elements formed

Akasha

The fifth element, the omnipresent spiritual power that permeates the universe. It is the energy out of which the Elements formed.

Akashic Records

The ‘recordings’ left in the Akasha by every event. Advanced occultists develop the gift of retrieving past events by ‘reading the Akashic records’.

Alchemist

One who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone.

Alchemy

Alchemy is an early protoscientific practice combining elements of chemistry, physics, astrology, art, semiotics, metallurgy, medicine, mysticism, and religion. There were three main goals many alchemists sought for. The most renowned goal of alchemy is the transmutation of any metal into either gold or silver. .Also they tried to create universal panacea, a remedy that would cure all diseases and prolong life indefinitely. The philosopher's stone was the key in these goals

Alexandrian Tradition

Witches initiated by (or stemming from those initiated by) Alex and Maxine Sanders. An offshoot of Gardnerian witchcraft, though founded independently.

Alignment

Synchronization of mental and spiritual vibrations with a god, goddess, or astronomical body. Often the complete balance and centering of the chakras is called an alignment.

Altar

A surface, usually flat, that is set aside exclusively for magickal workings and is used as a focus of power.

Alternatives

Botanicals which tend to favorably alter a condition and restore normal health. Alternatives are frequently combined with aromatics, bitter tonics, and demulcents: agrimony, American mandrake, American spikenard, bittersweet, black cohosh root, bloodroot, blue flag root, blue nettle root, dock, horseheal root, mayapple, pipsessewa, scabwort root, and speedwell.

Amulet

An object worn, carried or placed to guard against negativity or other vibrations. A protective object.

Anaphrodisiac

A substance, such as camphor, that reduces sexual desires.

Anima

The buried feminine elements in a man's psyche

Animism

The belief that everything is alive. The Law of Personification taken as a statement of universal reality rather than as one of psychic convenience.

Ankh

The crux ansata or looped cross, Egyptian hieroglyph for ‘life.’ Widely used as an occult symbol of the Life Principle.

Annua;

Any plant that lives and grows for only one year or growing season, during which the life cycle (the germination of the seed through flowering and death) is completed. The following plants are classified as annuals: anise, basil, blessed thistle, borage, chervil, chickweed, cleavers, common groundsel, cornflower, cotton, eyebright, fenugreek, flax, fumitory, herb Mercury, herb Robert, horseweed, Indian tobacco, jimsonweed, knotweed, larkspur, marijuana, milk thistle, oats, pansy, plantains, prickly poppy, psyllium, pumpkin, red poppy, safflower, Shepherd's purse, smartweed, star thistle, summer savory, white mustard, and wild thyme.

Anointing Oil

A skin-safe, scented oil that is dabbed on the body (at chosen pulse points or on the forehead) in order to purify and individual mentally and spiritually.

Antiasthmatics

Botanicals that are smoked or taken internally to relieve bronchial asthma: California gum plant leaves, daisy, nettle, red clover (ground blossoms), and yerba santa.

Antiseptics

Botanicals which destroy the microorganisms responsible for causing infection: blue gentian extract, costmary, dead nettle, dogwood bark, Egyptian onion, elder, eucalyptus leaves and oil, garlic, horseheal root, horseradish, indigo broom oak bark, plantain, scabwort root, smooth sumac bark, violet, and Witch hazel.

Antispasmodics

Botanicals which prevent or relieve involuntary muscle spasms and cramps such as charley horses, epilepsy, and menstrual pain: blue cohosh, cajeput, passion vine, and Roman chamomile.

Aphrodisiacs

Plants that are said to stimulate the sex organs and intensify sexual desire in men and women: elder, ginger, ginseng, hazel, jasmine, juniper, lavender, lemon verbena, lovage, mandrake root, serpentaria root, sundew, and yohimbe.

Aradia

Widely used Wiccan name for the Goddess, derived from the Tuscan witches’ usage as recorded in C.G. Leland’s Aradia: The Gospel of the Witches.

Arcana, Major and Minor

The seventy-eight cards of the Tarotdeck. The Major Arcana are the twenty-two ‘trumps’; the Minor Arcana are the fourteen cards of each of the four suits. The word Arcana means ‘mysteries’ (literally ‘closed things’).

Archetype

Fundamental elements of the Collective Unconscious which determine our patterns of thinking and behavior, but which can never be directly defined - only approximately, through symbols.

Arianrhod

A Welsh Goddess-name much used by Witches. The name means ‘Silver Wheel,’ referring to the circumpolar stars - also known as Caer Arianrhod (the Castle of Arianrhod), symbolic of the resting-place of souls between incarnations.

Aromatics

Fragrant herbs used in potpourris, sachets, oils, scented candles, perfumes, etc. The following herbs are classified as aromatics: acacia flowers, angelica root, anise seed, bugle, burdock, calamus root, caraway, cardamom seeds, cinnamon, clove, coriander, honeysuckle, lavender, lemon verbena, lilac blossoms, mace, mint leaves, nutmeg, orange blossoms and leaves, orris root, rosemary, rose petals, southernwood, saint John's wort, sweet pea, violet, and wintergreen.

Arthurian Tradition

Welsh Pagan tradition based on the lore of King Arthur, Merlin the Magician, and Guinevere.

Asatru

Is frequently regarded as one of the Neopagan family of religions. That family includes Wicca, Celtic Druidism, and re-creations of Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and other ancient Pagan religions.

Aspecting

Any advanced magickal activity in which a practitioner   manifests a particular aspect of the Goddess or God, in thought, feelings, behavior, appearance, etc.;  Often as a direct result of a "Drawing Down".  Often a minor variation of this phenomena occurs with the selection of a "Magical Name", of Craft Name. 

Asperger

A bundle of fresh herbs or a perforated object used to sprinkle water during or preceding Ritual, for purificatory purposes.

Astral Body

The psychic ‘double’ of the physical body, consisting of substance more tenuous than matter, but grosser than mind or spirit.

Astral Plane

The nonphysical, spiritual plane

Astral projection

The act of separating the consciousness from the physical body and moving it at will

Astringents

Botanicals which cause contraction of the skin tissue: agrimony, alder bark, alum root, avens, bayberry (bark and roots), bearberry leaves, black adler bark, blackberry root, black birch leaves, black cohosh, bugle, costmary, dead nettle, dock, dogwood bark, eucalyptus oil, European birch bark, fluxweed, goldenrod, hawthorn berries, hepatica, hollyberries and leaves, horseheal root, Jacob's ladder, manzanita leaves and fruits, oak bark, periwinkle, pipsissewa, potentilla, scabwort root, Shepherd's purse, smooth sumac seed heads, southernwood, saint John's wort, sweet fern, trailing arbutus, wax myrtle, white birch bark, wintergreen, Witch hazel, and yarrow.

Astrology

Group of systems, traditions, and beliefs in which knowledge of the relative positions of celestial bodies and related information is held to be useful in understanding, interpreting, and organizing knowledge about personality, human affairs, and other terrestrial events

Athame

A Wiccan Ritual knife. It may possess a double-edged blade and a blackhandle. The athame is used to direct Personal Power during ritual workings. It is seldom used for actual, physical cutting. The term is of obscure origin; has many variant spellings among Wiccans, and an even greater variety of pronunciations. British and American East Coast Wiccans may pronounce it as “Ah-THAM-ee” (to rhyme with “whammy”); I was first taught to say “ATH-ah-may” and, later, “Ah-THAW-may.”

Attune

The force-field which surrounds the human body, the inner bands at least of which are Etheric (q.v.) in substance. The aura is visible to sensitives, who can learn from its colour, size and structure much about the person's health, emotional state and spiritual development.

Augury

Ancient form of divination. The practice was performed in ancient Rome by priests called augurs.

Aura

The force-field which surrounds the human body, the inner bands at least of which are Ethericin substance. The aura is visible to sensitives, who can learn from its color, size and structure much about the person's health, emotional state and spiritual development.

B.C.E.

Before Common Era; the non-religious equivalent of B.C.

Balefire

A fire, usually outdoors, lit for magickal purposes.

Bane

That which destroys life. Poisonous, dangerous, destructive. Herbs such as henbane (‘Henbane’ is poisonous to hens). hellebore and aconite are examples of baneful substances.

Banish

To drive away evil, negativity or spirits.

Beltane

An ancient folk-festival day observed by Witches that celebrates the fully blossomed spring, April 30th or May 1st.

Besom

A Witch's broom usually made from birch and willow used to purify spaces.

Biennial

Any plant that completes its life cycle in two years or growing seasons. Most biennial plants normally generate leaf growth in the first year, and then bloom, produce fruit, and die in the second year. The following plants are classified as biennials: alkanet, caraway, celery, clary, dill, evening primrose, feverfew, foxglove, goat's beard, high mallow, hound's tongue, mullein, parsley, prickly lettuce, Queen Anne's lace, raspberry, red clover, rocket, scurvy grass, sweet clover, and tease

Binding

A spell which generally involves tying knots in cords or a similar action, aimed at restricting energy or actions

Bitter Tonics

Botanicals with a bitter taste which stimulate the flow of gastric juices and saliva, increase the appetite, and aid digestion: black haw bark, blessed thistle, bugle, dandelion, dogwood, goldenseal root, and wild cherry bark.

Blessed Be

A common Pagan and Wiccan salutation.

Blessings

The act of conferring positive ENERGY upon a person, place, or thing. It is usually a spiritual or religious practice.

Blood Moon

October's full moon is called the "Hunter's Moon" or sometimes the "Blood Moon."

Blood of the Moon

It gets its name from hunters who tracked and killed their prey by autumn moonlight, stockpiling food for the winter ahead.

Blue Moon

When there are two Full Moons in one calendar month, the second is called a Blue Moon.

Boline

The white-handled knife, used in Wiccan and magic ritual, for practical purposes such as cutting herbs or piercing pomegranates. When there are two Full Moons in one calendar month, the second is called a Blue Moon. Compare with ATHAME.

Bommerang Effect

A popular name for the well-known occult principle that a psychic attack which comes up against a stronger defense rebounds threefold on the attacker.

Book of Shadows

A BOS is a workbook for Witches. It is a place where they keep all their notes, spells, rituals and workings. Entries are handwritten. Sometimes referred to as a Grimoire

Bouquet

In perfumery, a blend of natural or synthetic scents which reproduces a specific odor, such as rose or jasmine. Also known as a compound or a blend.

Brew

See INFUSION.

Broom Closet

Coming out and declaring you are a witch

Burning Times

A term used by some witches for the period of persecution of witches (actual or alleged) which reached its height in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Used in reference to England, it is in fact a misnomer; English witches were customarily hanged, not burned, though they were burned in Scotland and on the Continent.

C.E.

Common Era; the non-religious equivalent of A.D.

Caballa

Kabbalah (Standard Hebrew Qabbala, Tiberian Hebrew Qabbâlâh; also written variously as Cabala, Cabalah, Cabbala, Cabbalah, Kabala, Kabalah, Kabbala, Qabala, Qabalah) is an interpretation (exegesis, hermeneutic) key, "soul" of the Torah (Hebrew Bible), or the religious mystical system of Judaism claiming an insight into divine nature.

Cakes and Wine

Also known as Cakes and Ale, this is a simple ritual meal shared with the Goddess and God, usually within the Circle, near the completion of a religious ritual. Such ritual meals predate Christianity.

Calling the Quarters

Verbal or symbolic acknowledgment of the Four Elements (Earth, Air, Fire Water) in a ritual environment.

Candlemas

Festival held on Feb. 1. One of the 4 Celtic "Fire Festivals. Commemorates the changing of the Goddess from the Crone to the Maiden. Celebrates the first signs of  Spring. Also called "Imbolc" (the old Celtic name).  This is the seasonal change where the first signs of spring and the  return of the sun are noted, i.e. the first sprouting of leaves, the sprouting of the Crocus flowers etc.  In other words, it is the festival commemorating the successful passing of winter and the beginning of the agricultural year. This Festival also marks the transition point of the threefold Goddess energies from those of Crone to Maiden. See IMBOLG

Cantrip

A spell cast by a witch. It is small, quick, and has minimal effects.

Cardinal Points

North, South, East, and West, marked in the Georgian Tradition by candles of green, red, yellow, and blue, respectively. The Circle is drawn to connect these four points. 

Carminatives

Botanicals which are used to induce the expulsion of gas from the stomach and intestines: cayenne pepper, dandelion, fennel, feverfew, ginger, parsley, peppermint, thyme, and yarrow.

Casting a Circle

Creating a mental magickal sphere that encircles one’s ritual/working space. The circle enhances one's ability to focus, raise power, and contain that power until the person directing the ritual is ready to release the energy.

Catharsis

The release of magickal energies at the height or climax of a ritual. Essentially the use of energy at the catharsis is the crux of the rite, determining whether its outcome will be successful or not.

Cathartics

Botanicals and other substances which cause evacuation of the bowels. Cathartics are divided into two categories: laxatives and purgatives. A laxative produces gentle bowel stimulation, while purgatives induce more forceful evacuation to relieve severe constipation. Laxatives: aloe vera, balmony, boneset, bunchberry, chicory, dandelion, dock, horehound, horseradish, hydrangea, magnolia, olive oil, red mulberry fruit, walnuts, and white ash bark. Purgatives: barberry, blue flag, castor oil, chaparral tea (or spurge), fennel, mayapple, poinciana leaves, and senna leaves.

Cauldron

A cast-iron, three-legged pot used to make brews, hold fires, burn incense, holds candles. Represents the Self and is a point of transformation.

Celts

The Celtic people are believed to have developed in central or eastern Europe sometime around 700 BC (500 Aries) and spread through western Europe all the way to the British isles -though some scholars believe their origin to be much earlier.  Interbreeding with the pre-existing peoples of western Europe, the Celts developed a distinctive and highly mystical culture.  Absorbed by the Roman empire, Celtic culture had a strong influence on medieval Europe and consequently the modern world.  The Druids, the Celtic priesthood, have been a subject of fascination for subsequent generations, and are believed to be a major contributing strain to modern Wiccan thought.  The great Greek philosopher Pythagoras cited the Druids as a primary source for many of his teachings as well.

Censer

A vessel of metal or earthenware in which incense is burned. An incense burner.

Centering

A meditation exercise designed to produce feelings of total calm and oneness with the universe.  As its name suggests, it’s aligning the body and its Chakras for maximum energy flow. It should be preceded by grounding.

Cernunnos, Cerunnos

The only known name of the Celtic Horned God; it is much used by witches, in the Cernummos form.

Cerridwen

A Welsh Goddess-name, much used to represent the Mother or Crone aspects

Chakras

Seven  major points of energy in the body. Each is usually associated with a color. These vortexes are: crown - white; forehead (third eye position) - purple; throat - blue; chest - pink or green; navel - yellow; abdomen - orange; groin - red. Smaller vortexes are located in the hands and feet, as well.

Chalice

A blessed cup used in ritual to hold the drink or saltwater. It represents the Goddess. It is a symbol of potential and is also used in the symbolic Great Rite.

Channeling

The act of allowing a third party conscious being to use the physical body of an incarnated person for the purposes of communication. Channeling is typically a two-way interactive communication that can involve speaking, writing, and/or body language depending upon the abilities of both the channel and the being attempting to communicate.

Chant

The rhythmic speaking or singing of words or sounds, either on a single pitch or with a simple melody involving a limited set of notes and often including a great deal of repetition or statis. Chant may be considered speech, music, or a heightened form of speech which is more effective in conveying emotion or expressing ones spiritual side.

Chaplet

A garland or wreath of flowers or leaves worn on the head, as in the chaplets given to classical Greek heroes as symbols of honor.

Charge

To infuse an object with power.

Charging

See EMPOWERING

Charm

A magically empowered object carried to attract positive energies.

Cheiromancy

(Greek cheir, “hand”; manteia, “divination”), art of characterization and foretelling the future through the study of the palm also known as palmistry or palm-reading consists of the practice (or pseudoscience) of evaluating a person's character or future life by "reading" the palm of that person's hand. (The Greek components of the word "cheiromancy" carry implications of "hand-divination".

Chi

The Energy or life force possessed by the physical and Energetic bodies, that is coordinated by the chakras. The Energy which animates all universal forms at the subatomic level of existence.

Circle

Actually a sphere constructed during ritual or spell working to contain energy and keep out negative energy

Circle Casting

The process of moving positive energy from the body and forming it into a large, non-physcial sphere of power in which Wiccan rituals usually occur. Circle castings usually begin each Wiccan ritual. The process is also known as ‘laying the circle’ and ‘creating sacred space,’ among other terms.

Circle of Power

Mentally drawn circle. It extends over your head and under your feet below the surface of the ground; the circle you draw is merely where the sphere intersects the earth

Clairvoyance

Literally ‘clear seeing.’ The ability to perceive facts, events and other data by other than the five ‘normal’ senses, unaided by tools.

Clan

Any number of covens who have agreed to follow the same kinds of rules, which spring from one central governing source. A clan has a single leader, and within the democratic clan governing system he or she had the power to veto proposals or actions of the group.

Cleansing

The act of removing any negative energy, vibrations or images from an object or place by utilizing positive, psychic energy.

Clockwise

The traditional form of movement in positive magic. (If you're standing facing a tree, move to your left and walk in a circle around it. That's clockwise motion.) Also known as deosil movement.

Combustible Incense

Self-burning incense containing potassium nitrate; usually in cone, block or stick form.

Cone of Power

The collective psychic charge built up by a coven at work, visualized as a cone whose base is the circle of witches and whose apex is above the centre of that circle.

Conjure

(1) Transitive and intransitive verb invoke supposed supernatural forces: to call upon or order a supposed supernatural force or being by reciting a spell He was struck dumb by the very demons he was conjuring.
(2) Transitive verb influence with spell: to change or influence something by reciting a spell or invocation.

Conscious Mind

The analytical, materially-based, rational half of our consciousness. Compare with PSYCHIC MIND.

Consecration

The ritual of purifying items and/or self to be used in the circle.

Corn Dolly

A figure, often human-shaped, created by plaiting dried wheat or other grains. It represented the fertility of the Earth and the Goddess in early European agricultural rituals and is still used in wicca. Corn dollies aren't made from cobs or husks; corn originally referred to any grain other than maize and still does in most English-speaking countries except the United States.

Corrective

A term used by herbalists to mean an herb that is added to food or medicine to improve the taste or smell of it.

Correspondence

An item that has a magickal association. Correspondences include: days, planets, moon phases, herbs, oils, colors, gemstones, Zodiac signs, hours, etc.

Correspondences

Items that have a magickal association.  Correspondences include:  days, planets, moon phases, herbs, oils, colors, gemstones, Zodiac signs, hours, etc.

Coven

A small group of people, usually no more than 13, of the same Tradition who work together within the Craft. 

Covenstead

The regular home or meeting place of a coven.

Craft

An art, especially that made with the hands. See also SPELL CRAFT.

Crescent Moon

Sacred symbol of the Goddess. Used for Sabbats, women's healings and invocations.

Crone

The Goddess in Her aged form.  The Crone is represented by the Waning Moon, and rules over wisdom, understanding, magic, and learning, among other things.  People who do not possess wisdom often fear it, and thus the Crone Goddess is often feared as well.  She is the Goddess of death, Who consumes all things -but only to give them transformation and rebirth.  The Crone is often equated with Primordial Deity, Who precedes all creation, and waits to consume (ie; re-unite with) it at the end of existence.  In popular iconography the Crone is the "Hallowe'en Witch" with Her pointed hat symbolizing the upward spiraling cone of power, Her broomstick for sweeping away old forms of existence, and Her cauldron of transformation for creating new ways of bein

Croning

A rite of passage into being a crone.

Crystal ball

A ball is made of quartz (you can tell if it is true quartz by its cold feel and the inclusion of irregularities). It is used for divination.

Cunning Man

Referred originally to the the local herbalists or healers in Ireland and the rural parts of the British Isles

Cup (Chalice)

One of the four elemental tools, representing the Water element.

Curse

Purposely directing negative energy at someone. Wiccans do not do this, as it goes against the rules of three.

Daemon

A “supernatural” spirit or being in ancient Greek religion and philosophy, far below the Gods in power for good, evil or neutral purposes; probably the actual sort of “demon” conjured by Goetic magicians.

Days of Power

Although usually referred to as Sabbats, these are other days throughout the year that can be considered days of power. These days can be triggered by astrological occurrences, your birthday, a woman's menstrual cycle (also know as the Blood of the Moon), or your dedication/initiation anniversary.

Decotion

A medicinal or magickal extract made by adding herbs to boiling water (normally one ounce of dried herb to one pint of water) and then allowing the mixture to simmer for usually thirty minutes.

Dedication

The dedication of a Witch is a ritual where the individual accepts the Craft as their path in life and is "reborn" as a child of the Goddess and God.

Degree

(1) The level or status of a practitioner of magick. You must face various tests of knowledge and practical experience in order to progress to another degree within your tradition. (2) The 30th part of a sign in the zodiac; or the 360th part of any circle.

Deity

The form(s) The All takes.

Demulcents

Herbal substances taken internally which soften and smooth inflamed mucous membranes and are used to treat coughs and minor throat irritations: blessed thistle, borage, coltsfoot, goldenseal root, hound's tongue, and Solomon's seal.

Deosil

(pronounced Jess-el)  Moving in a clockwise direction

Devas

Devas are energies, or spirit forms, that create patterns of reality on higher levels of existence. Anything created naturally or by humans has a deva.

Diaphoretics

Herbal substances taken internally to increase sweating. such substances are also called sudorifics, and are frequently used to break common colds and fevers and to promote good health: black cohosh, broom, cajeput, calendula, catnip, chamomile, elder flowers, garlic, ginger root, horseheal, hyssop, Jacob's ladder, linden flowers, mugwort, oregano, pennyroyal, rosebay, saffron, salad burnet, scabwort, serpentaria root, vervain, and yarrow.

Diuretics

Plants which increase urine secretion and work to correct urinary disorders: agrimony, balm, bearberry, black cohosh, blue cohosh, blue flag, boneset, broom, chicory, cleavers, cucumber seeds, daphne bark and root, garlic, germander, gravel root, ground cedar, horseheal, horseradish, horsetails, hydrangea, joe-pye weed, juniper berries, parsley, pipsissewa, pumpkin seeds, rosebay, rue, scabwort, shepherd's purse, sorrel, sunflower seeds, vervain, wild carrot, wood sage, wormwood, and yarrow.

Divination

To foretell events of the future or recount the distant past or clarify the now by using tools or actions such as Tarot cards, dreams, runes, astrology,  pendulums, meditation,etc.

Divine Power

The unmanifested, pure energy that exists within the Goddess and God. The life force; the ultimate source of all things. It is this energy that Wiccans contact during ritual. Compare with EARTH POWER and PERSONAL POWER.

Dracomancy

Magicakal work using dragons.

Drake

A dragon, generally refers to a young one.

Drawing down the moon

Ritual invocation of the spirit of the Goddess into the body of the High Priestess by the High Priest.

Drawing Down the Moon

A ritual done during the Full Moon to connect with the Goddess by drawing her spirit into you.

Drawing Down the Sun

Invocation of the God aspect into the High Priest by the High Priestess.

Druid

Ancient: From the root “dru-,” meaning “oak tree, firm, strong;” the entire intelligentsia of the Celtic peoples, including doctors, judges, historians, musicians, poets, priests and magicians; 99.9% of what has been written about them is pure hogwash.Masonic: Members of several Masonic and Rosicrucian fraternal orders founded in the 1700’s (and since) in England, France and elsewhere; some claim to go back to the original Druids. Reformed: Members of several branches of a movement founded in 1963 c.e. at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota; most are now Neopagans, though the original founders were not.

Earth Magick

A form of magick in which the powers of the Earth are sought and used to conduct ritual and magical workings.

Earth Power

That energy which exists within stones, herbs, flames, wind, water, and other natural objects. It is manifested DIVINE POWER and can be utilized during magic to create needed change. Compare with PERSONAL POWER.

Earthing

Defines the force or vibration that exists in many inanimate objects like stones, water, fire, and plants. Can be controlled and used in magick.

Eclectic

Wiccans who are not members of a particular tradition and often are solitary practitioners. They draw upon several sources to form their own individualized and innovative religious practices.

Eclipse.

When one heavenly body obscures another for a short period of time, creating a temporary veil or shadow

EGO

The conscious part of the human psyche.

Elders

The third-degree and second-degree members of a coven.

Elemental

A primitive non-human and non-material entity, of the nature of one of the four Elements. The term is also used for a human thought-form which, spontaneously by strong emotion or deliberately by mental effort, is split off from its human originator and acquires temporary quasi-independent existence. 'Created elementals' of the latter kind can be given healing work to do; they are also sometimes used maliciously for psychic persecution.

Elements

These four essences are the building blocks of the universe, and ancient magical sources of ENERGY. In magic, Earth energy is associated with the North; and with the color green, with money, and stability. Air energy is associated with the East; with yellow, with travel, and the intellect. Fire is associated with the South; with red, with protection, and sex. Water is associated with the West; with blue, with love, and psychic awareness. The energy of the elements is often used in magic. Witches believe also in a fifth element - Self, Spirit or Aksha.

Elixir

1) (from Arabic al iksir poss from Greek xeros dry) An alchemical agent, the so-called power of transmutation, also the elixir of life and the universal solvent. (2) Philosopher's stone: a hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold (3) A substance believed to cure all ills

Emetics

Plants which induce vomiting: adder's tongue, bay, black mustard seeds, blue flag, bloodroot, cliffrose, elkweed, roots, hedge-hyssop, ilex berries, mandrake, mayapple, wake-robin roots, and white mustard seeds.

Empowering

Also called "charging". This means to fill an object with divine energy for a specific magickal purpose or manifestation.

Empowerment

Also called "charging".  This means to fill an object with divine energy for a specific magickal purpose or manifestation.

Enchant

‘Sing to.’ Magically speaking, a procedure whereby herbs are aligned with your magical need prior to their use.

Enchantment

Another word for spell

Energy

A general term for the currently immeasurable (but real) power that exists within all natural objects and beings--including our own bodies. It is used in FOLK MAGIC. See also PERSONAL POWER.

Enfleurage

A French perfumery term describing the process of extraction essential flower oils with purified fat. Also known as POMMADE.

Equal-armed Cross
(the original Celtic Cross)

A cross symbol with equally sized arms representing the elements.

Equinoxes:

See SABBATS.

Esbat

The celebration of the moon phases, mainly the Full or New Moon.

Etheric Body

A structure intermediate between the Astral Body and the physical body. It is an energy-network which links the physical body to the corresponding astral, mental and spiritual bodies, and thus literally keeps it alive.

Etheric Plane

The energy-level, intermediate between the astral and physical, on which the Etheric body functions.

Etin

Spirit who guards the hazels of a sacred tree

Evil Eye

Supposed glance capable of causing great harm or fear, once almost universally feared.

Evocation

Calling up spirits or other nonphysical entities, either to visible appearance or invisible attendance. Compare with INVOCATION.

Exorcism

Traditionally, the magical process of driving out negative entities. In herb magic, a powerful purification.

Expectorants

Botanicals which loosen phlegm of the mucous membranes and promote its expulsion: benzoin, bloodroot, chokecherry, coltsfoot, garlic, horehound leaves, licorice root, slippery elm bark, storax tree bark gum, sunflower seeds, sweet gum, vervain, violet, white pine (dried inner bark), and yerba santa leaves.